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Description
Monkeys in top hats and formal dress gather among flowering vines and fruiting branches against a saturated golden-orange ground, rendered in a richly detailed chinoiserie style with intricate botanical elements and playful anthropomorphic characters. The composition radiates opulence and whimsy, blending 18th-century decorative traditions with a menagerie of primates engaged in an elaborate garden celebration. Bound with 52 pages of 70lb paper, lined or unlined, behind an anti-scuff matte cover with wraparound artwork, made to order. Notes and sketches kept behind an independent artist's work, not a plain composition cover.