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Deux Contes
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)
François-Louis Schmied (1873–1941) was a painter, illustrator, engraver, and bookbinder who, in the years following World War I, specialized in creating éditions de luxe (luxury editions)–lavishly and artistically produced luxury volumes. Overseeing the typography, page design, printing, illustration, engraving, and binding, Schmied spared nothing to achieve the quality he desired. Although this copy of two of Oscar Wilde's fables, translated into French, was bound by Paul Gruel rather than Schmied himself, it is entirely fitting for such an extravagantly made book.
Provenance
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Owned by Henry Walters, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2013-2014 | Bookbindings from the Gilded Age. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 11 1/8 × W: 9 3/8 × D: 1 3/16 in. (28.26 × 23.81 × 3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, before 1931
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
92.1124