George Abbott's Model & Design Sketchbook with Lovely Hand-drawn Patterns yellow and white flower very pear-like bruising

very pear-like bruising

7 5/8” w x 5 1/8” d x 6 1/2” t

with the reverse side of the blocks painted black

and perhaps especially the back

and with a quick search I find the Clark mansion there

George Abbott's Model & Design Sketchbook with Lovely Hand-drawn Patterns yellow and white flower very pear-like bruisingOne of three 1870s notebooks today from a George Abbott of Boston, MA, this one not full (if only!), but with a handful of very lovely drawings in it, several very carefully done pattern designs included and one stand along gouache on paper pattern painting loose inside its pages that I'd frame straight away. Photos show pretty much all of the pages, with short descriptions below them identifying a few as drawn from geometric "solids models" and