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Source Description
Rather than creating a purely decorative design, Émile Carayon devoted this binding's entire front cover to creating a picture that directly reflects the contents of the book. Using a technique called cuir incisé, or incised leather, he brought artist Auguste Lepère's (1849–1918) drawing of a fashionable young woman into lifelike relief. (Lepère also made the wood engravings that illustrate the text.)
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Document identity
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87933
label
Paris au Hasard
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obj
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book
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
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87933
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contentType
book
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normalized
title
Paris au Hasard
description
Rather than creating a purely decorative design, Émile Carayon devoted this binding's entire front cover to creating a picture that directly reflects the contents of the book. Using a technique called cuir incisé, or incised leather, he brought artist Auguste Lepère's (1849–1918) drawing of a fashionable young woman into lifelike relief. (Lepère also made the wood engravings that illustrate the text.)
provenance
Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1895
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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books
rare books
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3
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3
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import
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no
Source extras
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.3
height
16
depth
4.4
med
ink on paper bound between boards covered with calfskin, goatskin, and gold
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31635
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MSS
exhibition_ids
3254
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 3/16 × W: 6 5/16 × D: 1 3/4 in. (23.34 × 16.03 × 4.4 cm)
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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013bcf9344d4ada4
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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366b422ab6c77dfc
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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66533bffed399461
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no
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no