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    "title": "Modern Bookbinding Practically Considered",
    "description": "This Léon Gruel binding on a volume about modern bookbinding techniques displays a variety of styles produced by Gruel's workshop, intended to show the range of effects that Gruel could achieve for his clients. The front cover displays modern designs, while the back cover showcases antiquarian ones. Both covers feature \"modeled leather,\" a technique in which the leather is stretched and shaped to create depth and texture.",
    "provenance": "Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
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