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Drawing, Design for a Wrought Iron Balcony

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1908. Its medium is pencil, pen, ink, brush, and chinese black on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

10.8 × 27.8 cm (4 1/4 × 10 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Written in Chinese black below the first one: "echelle neufs pieds de Longueur;" below the right one: "Sur ("troix" struck out) "deux" (corrected over "peux") "pieds neufs pouces/de hauteur."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Wrought Iron Balcony; France; pencil, pen, ink, brush, and chinese black on paper; 10.8 × 27.8 cm (4 1/4 × 10 15/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1908-26-136

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