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Banknote motif: oval lathe work ornament resembling a lace ruff

Associated with Cyrus Durand

Credit: Gift of Joseph Veach Noble, 2002

c. 1824-42
Engraving, printed in green ink on chine collé
8.7 x 5.9cm
2002.333.60
Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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