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Decorative Sunday 

This Sunday we present plates from L’ornament des Tissus: Recueil Historique et Pratique (The Ornament of Fabric: A Historical and Practical Collection), a French portfolio publication of one hundred chromolithographs highlighting textile design through the ages. The portfolio was published in 1877 in Paris by Ducher et Cie, publishers for the Société Centrale des Architectes, with introductory essays and explanatory texts accompanying each plate by Auguste Dupont-Auberville, a successful banker and collector of porcelain and textiles.

Charles Kreutzberger illustrated the textile designs and the lithography was completed by Frédéric Régamey. Text was printed by L'imprimerie Alcan-Lévy, the printing outfit of Félix Alcan. Alcan’s father Moyse Alcan was a publisher in their hometown of Metz, and his grandfather Gerson-Lévy was an educator, publisher, author, and translator, and was one of the earliest advocate of Reform Judaism in France.

See image captions for description of plates. 

You can find more Decorative Sunday posts here. 

-Olivia, Special Collections Graduate Intern

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Lampadaires divers

Various street lamps

Le château de Dourlers. (Avesnois)

Barcelona - Portal de l'Àngel 022 g

Edifici de Catalana de Gas 1895 Architect: Josep Domènech i Estapà

Lampadaire ronde des Amours Gauquié Pont Alexandre III Paris - Pont Alexandre-III — Wikipédia

Pays-Bas

(1878-1881) Lanterne de sol à quatre grosses boules de verre et une lanterne centrale, la monture en bronze est décorée, Louis-Emile Durandelle, Ducher et Cie, c. 1878 - ch. 1881

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The Netherlands

(1878-1881) Floor lantern with four large glass balls and a central lantern, the bronze mount is decorated, Louis-Emile Durandelle, Ducher et Cie, c. 1878 - c. 1881

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Spotlight on Collections: Historical Middle East Photographs in the Fine Arts Library

Today at 2:30-4:00pm at Lamont Library Forum Room

The Spotlight on Collections series gives the Harvard Community a behind-the-scenes look at how Preservation Services prepares and promotes access to collections to directly support current research, teaching, and learning at Harvard.

Our librarians, Joanne Bloom, Photographic Resources Librarian, and András Riedlmayer, Bibliographer in Islamic Art and Architecture, Aga Khan Program, will be among the four presenters to talk about the origins of the historical photographs and their importance, and how they’re used in teaching, learning, and research, and how these photographs are cared for being made accessible.

189. Street in the native quarter stereographs Petrovskii, N. P. Russian, photographer active ca. 1900 stereoscopic photography 18 x 8.5 cm

Tombeaux des Kalifs (vue generale) Translated Title :Tombs of the Caliphs (general view) Lekegian, G., studio established 1887 still existed 1908 [photographer] General view of the Northern Cemetery (Qarafa al-Kubra), Cairo with women and children in the foreground albumen process image 21 x 27 cm; mount 28 x 35 cm 1887-1900

SYRIE Fontaine à l’intérieur de la Grand Mosquée __ Damas albumen prints , photographs Bonfils, Félix 1831-1885, Lebanese, French , photographer Bonfils Family, Lebanon act. 1867- ca. 1916, A. Guiragossian successor to ca. 1938, photographer Ducher et Cie. fl 1870s-1880s, French , producer 1872 Location: Damascus, Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria Jami' al-Umawi al-Kabir, Damascus, Dimashq Governorate, Syria

Guard of a mosque - Damascus Original Title: Musulman gardien de mosquee a Damas photographs Bonfils Family, Lebanon act. 1867- ca. 1916, A. Guiragossian successor to ca. 1938, photographer ca. 1865-ca. 1895 Studio portrait paper albumen process 22cm x 27.5cm

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French Decorative Painting

Today we present chromolithographs from L'architecture privée au XIXe siècle, a portfolio of 19th century interior paintings by the French architect César Daly, who was the founding director of an architectural journal called Revue générale de l'architecture et des travaux publics (1840-1888). The decorative plates we are featuring today are from volume one of the third series of L'architecture privée, published by Ducher et Cie in Paris in 1877.

View more posts about decorative arts and pattern books.

–Sarah, Special Collections Graduate Intern