Book or album cover, 1875
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1875
Book or album cover in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1997.274), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department.
The museum dates it 1875. It is attributed to Henry-Auguste Fourdinois (French, 1830–1907). The museum records the medium as Ebony and boxwood, pear and other fruitwoods and the dimensions as 16 3/8 × 12 in. (41.6 × 30.5 cm). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Coat of Arms. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Ebony and boxwood, pear and other fruitwoods
- Dimensions
- 16 3/8 × 12 in. (41.6 × 30.5 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Woodwork
- Maker recorded
- Henry-Auguste Fourdinois
Identification
- Met object id
- 208823
- Museum object name
- Book or album cover
- Museum object number
- 1997.274
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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