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Reproduction d'un Tapis
Reproduction of a Carpet
Reproduction d'un Tapis
Printer: Société générale des applications photographiques (SGAP) (French)
French
1890
Medium/Technique
Photochromotype
Dimensions
Sheet: 27.8 × 23.9 cm (10 15/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1950
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: SGAP
Lower center, in plate: Photochromotypographie
Lower right, in plate: 3, Rue de l'Echelle, Paris.
Bottom center, in plate: Reproduction d'un Tapis.
Verso, center, in graphite: From Prof. Chandler. / 1890
Lower center, in plate: Photochromotypographie
Lower right, in plate: 3, Rue de l'Echelle, Paris.
Bottom center, in plate: Reproduction d'un Tapis.
Verso, center, in graphite: From Prof. Chandler. / 1890
Provenance1890, gift of Charles Frederick Chandler (b. 1836 - d. 1925), New York, to Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH [see note 1]; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA [see note 2]. (Accession Date: August 14, 2023)
NOTES:
[1] According to an inscription written by Koehler on the back of the print.
[2] Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.
NOTES:
[1] According to an inscription written by Koehler on the back of the print.
[2] Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.