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Source Description
After Léon Gruel's death in 1923, Paul Gruel took over his father's firm. Many of the designs attributed to him exhibit stylistic characteristics of Art Deco. This Egyptian-inspired binding employs a technique called "onlay." The book was covered in a single piece of black leather; leathers of different colors were then pared extremely thinly and adhered to the base leather to form the pattern.
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Document identity
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88063
label
Les Ballades Françaises
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book
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Source metadata
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88063
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book
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normalized
title
Les Ballades Françaises
description
After Léon Gruel's death in 1923, Paul Gruel took over his father's firm. Many of the designs attributed to him exhibit stylistic characteristics of Art Deco. This Egyptian-inspired binding employs a technique called "onlay." The book was covered in a single piece of black leather; leathers of different colors were then pared extremely thinly and adhered to the base leather to form the pattern.
provenance
Owned by Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1927
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CC0
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en
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books
rare books
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no
Source extras
dimensions
units
cm
width
26.4
height
21
depth
3.3
med
ink on paper bound between boards covered with goatskin and gold
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31699
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3254
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 3/8 × W: 8 1/4 × D: 1 5/16 in. (26.35 × 20.96 × 3.3 cm)
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