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Total number of records: 51

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Books and printed items34
Textiles17

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International Textile Collection17
Brotherton Collection13
English Literature4
Cookery Collection2
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History2

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travel4
hotels3
restaurants3
decoration and ornament2
decoration and ornament, architectural2
furniture2
furniture design2
arabesques1
architectural woodwork1
art1

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France51
Paris9
Paris (France)6
Austria3
Bois De Boulogne (Paris, France)1
Canada1
England1
Europe1
Gaul1
Genoa1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)7
Societe Des Nouveautes Textiles6
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)5
Piganiol De La Force, Jean-Aimar (1673-1753)4
Berthault, Pierre Gabriel (1737-1831)3
Binns, Richard3
Bonnemaison, Ferd (1799-1827)3
Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch-Nicolas3
Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch-Nicolas (1740?-1794)3
Chinard, Joseph (1756-1813)3

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French leave

Burton-Race, John; Tryde, Pia

2003

Includes index.

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French leave 3

Binns, Richard

c1983

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French leave 3

Binns, Richard

c1983

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French leave finesse

Binns, Richard

c1996

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Nouvelle description des chateaux et parcs de Versaille et de Marly : contenant une explication historique de toutes les peintures, tableaux, statues, vases & ornemens qui s'y voyent (t.2)

Piganiol de La Force, Jean-Aimar (1673-1753); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)

M. DCC. LXIV. [1764]

Vol. 1: xvj, [2], 328 pages, [8] leaves of plates; v. 2: [6], 381, [5] pages, [8] folded leaves of plates. Spine title: Descriptn de Versail [that is, Description de Versailles?]

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Œuvre de Jacques Androuet dit du Cerceau

Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques (1549-1584); Baldus, Edouard (1813-1889); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[18--]

[Pt. 1]: [36] leaves of plates; [pt. 2]: [63] leaves of plates ; [pt. 3]: [21] leaves of plates ; [pt. 4]: [52] leaves of plates. Each part has special engraved title page. [Pt. 1] 35 grandes arabes...

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Les oeuvres de feu M. Claude Fauchet : premier president en la cour des Monnoyes

Fauchet, Claude (1530-1601)

1610

Each section preceded by special title-page and preliminary matter not included in the paging (45 leaves).

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woven sample
Textile

woven sample

1880-1914

Damask woven textile sample with a design of pink and beige of flowers, leaves and a bird.

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fragment
Textile

fragment

1890s

Pink and cream figuring with design based loosely on bizarre brocaded silks of early Eighteenth century (vases, leaves, grapes?)

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Curiosités de Paris, de Versailles, Marly, Vincennes, Saint-Cloud, et des environs (v.2)

Le Rouge, Georges-Louis; Saugrain, Claude Marin; Piganiol de La Force, Jean-Aimar (1673-1753); Le Rouge, Jacques (1473-1490); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)

M. DCC. LXXI. [1771]

Includes index. Volume 1 with woodcut frontispiece of Paris. Volume 1: iv, 480 pages, [19] leaves of plates (13 folded); Volume 2: 472 pages, [12] leaves of plates (7 folded). Edited by J.A. Pigani...

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Curiosités de Paris, de Versailles, Marly, Vincennes, Saint-Cloud, et des environs (v.1 c.2)

Le Rouge, Georges-Louis; Saugrain, Claude Marin; Piganiol de La Force, Jean-Aimar (1673-1753); Le Rouge, Jacques (1473-1490); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)

M. DCC. LXXI. [1771]

Includes index. Volume 1 with woodcut frontispiece of Paris. Volume 1: iv, 480 pages, [19] leaves of plates (13 folded); Volume 2: 472 pages, [12] leaves of plates (7 folded). Edited by J.A. Pigani...

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