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Medium:
Pencil and various gouaches on paper
Dimensions:
18 × 8.5 cm (7 1/16 × 3 3/8 in.)
Object Name:
Drawing
Type:
Drawing
Made in:
France
Date:
1785-1795
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Design for the embroidered border of a man's waistcoat. A fantastical blossom and boughs rise, two leaves and two small scale floral motifs hang, from a scroll. Somewhat more than one repeat is shown. A brown stripe rises at left.
Credit Line:
Gift of Jacob H. Schiff
Accession Number:
1906-21-204
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq430e0fb22-ceef-4183-9311-c2d689a42bf3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1906-21-204