Works of Art (28)
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Binding for a Qur'an, late 16th century,
Iran,
Leather binding, stamped, cut, and gilt with turquoise insets (56.222) |
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Book cover for A House in Bloomsbury, 1896,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Mrs. [Margaret] Oliphant (Scottish); publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York,
Tan cloth covered boards with black and gold decoration (56.522.76) |
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Book cover for Agapida Edition Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada Author's Revised Edition (in two volumes), 1893, Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Washington Irving (American); publisher: The Knickerbocker Press, New York, and G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London,
Cream cloth covered boards with gold decoration (56.522.55) |
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Book cover for California and Alaska, and Over the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1890,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: William Seward Webb (American); publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London,
Dark brown leather over boards with gold stamping (56.522.104) |
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Book cover for Dariel: A Romance of Surrey, 1897,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Richard Doddridge Blackmore (English); illustrator: Christopher Hammond; publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York,
Deep red cloth over boards with green and gold decoration(56.522.94) |
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Book cover for House and Hearth, 1891,Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (American); publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York,
Beige cloth covered boards with light and dark brown and gold decoration (56.522.50) |
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Book cover for Marse Chan: A Tale Of Old Virginia, 1892,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Thomas Nelson Page (American); illustrator: William Thomas Smedley (American); publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York,
Cream cloth covered boards with dark green and gold decoration (56.522.79) |
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Book cover for Seth's Brother's Wife: A Study of Life in the Greater New York, 1887,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Harold Frederic (Anglo-American); publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York,
Gold cloth over boards with brown and gold decoration (56.522.74) |
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Book cover for Strolls by Starlight and Sunshine, 1891,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author and illustrator: William Hamilton Gibson (American); publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York,
Green cloth over boards with gold decoration (56.522.98) |
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Book cover for Summer Holidays: Travelling Notes in Europe, 1889,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Theodore Child (American); publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York,
Beige cloth covered boards with brown and green decoration (56.522.48) |
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Book cover for Tales of Two Countries, from the Odd Number Series, 1891,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Alexander Lange Kielland (Norwegian); publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York, Dark blue cloth covered boards with silver and gold decoration (56.522.62) |
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Book cover for The Alhambra: Darro Edition; Author's Revised Edition (in two volumes), 1892,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Washington Irving (American); publisher: The Knickerbocker Press, New York; binder: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London,
Cream cloth covered boards with gold, green and blue decoration (56.522.56) |
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Book cover for The Chatelaine of La Trinité, 1892,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Henry Blake Fuller (American); publisher: The Century Co., New York,
Gray-green cloth covered boards with orange, silver and gold decoration (56.522.72) |
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Book cover for The Majesty of Man: A Novel, 1896,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: "Alien" [Mrs. L. A. Baker]; publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York,
Pale green cloth covered boards with dark green and gold decoration (56.522.95) |
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Book cover for The Wrecker, 1892,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); authors: Robert Louis Stevenson (Scottish) and Lloyd Osborne (American); illustrators: William Hole and Willard Leroy Metcalf; publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York,
Light rust cloth covered boards with dark and light green and gold decoration (56.522.67) |
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Book cover for Two Years in the French West Indies, 1890,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Lafcadio Hearn (Greek); publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York,
Green cloth covered boards with gold, orange and green decoration (56.522.52) |
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Book Cover Plaque with Christ in Majesty, ca. 1185–1210, French; Made in Limoges, Gilded copper and champlevé enamel (17.190.757) |
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Book Cover with Byzantine Icon of the Crucifixion, Icon carved about 1000, in Constantinople; setting made before 1085, Spanish; From the Convent of Santa Cruz de la Serós, Jaca, Gilded silver on a wood backing, inset with ivory icon, sapphire, glass, and crystal (17.190.134) |
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Book cover with Christian themes, Zand (1751–94) or Qajar (1779–1925) period, 18th century, Iran, Pasteboard, painted and lacquered (34.23) |
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Book Cover, 1343, Italian; Siena, Tempera on wood (10.203.3) |
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Cover for a Buddhist manuscript, 12th century, Nepal, Ink and color on wood (1984.479.1b) |
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Frontispiece: From a manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tayr (The Language of the Birds) of Farid al-Din cAttar, ca. 1600; Safavid,
Iran (Isfahan),
Opaque watercolor, ink, gold on paper (63.210) |
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King Siddharta Listens to an Astrologer Forecast the Conception and Birth of His Son, the Jina Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, late 14th century, India (Gujarat), Opaque watercolor on paper (1997.133) |
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Lustration of the Infant Jina Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, late 14th century, India (Gujarat), Opaque watercolor on paper (2005.35) |
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One of a Pair of Jain Manuscripts, early 12th century, India (Gujarat), Opaque watercolor on wood (1984.496.33b) |
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Publisher's binding proof for Mid-Day Magic and The Fair Abigail, from the At the Ghost Hour Series, 1894,
Designer and illustrator: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Paul Heyse (German); publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York,
Lithography, some color on title page (56.522.103)
Gift of Alice C. Morse, 1923, transferred from the Library (63.693.14) |
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Qur'an case, Nasrid period, second half of 15th century,
Spain,
Leather embroidered with gilt-silver wire (04.3.458) |
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Qur'an holder, late 19th–early 20th century,
Central Asia and Iran,
Silver with silver filigree and cabochon- and table-cut turquoises; Leather strap (2005.443.8) |
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