Study photographs of decorative arts objects / assembled by the Pratt Institute Free Library. ca. 1900-ca. 1935.

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Study photographs of decorative arts objects / assembled by the Pratt Institute Free Library. ca. 1900-ca. 1935.

Vintage photographs of decorative arts objects, including works from private collections, chiefly of European origin and dating approximately from the Renaissance to the 19th century. The majority of the images depict furniture and furnished interiors. The collection also includes some photomechanical reproductions, apparently extracted from auction catalogs and books.

20 boxes (3,604 photographic prints) : b&w ; 27 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8243475

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Prior to the establishment of the Brooklyn Public Library by an Act of Legislature of the State of New York in 1892, Brooklyn was served by a number of independently operated libraries that were open to the public, but which in many cases required a membership fee to use. In 1857, the Mercantile Library Association of the City of Brooklyn was established, and the Mercantile Library of Brooklyn subsequently opened in a building shared by the Brooklyn Athanaeum and Reading Room. In 18...