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Drawing, Design for a Woven or Printed Fabric or Wallpaper

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1815–1840 and we acquired it in 1909. Its medium is graphite, brush and purple watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

55 × 55 cm (21 5/8 × 21 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Right bottom: figures, in pencil. Verso: account and remnants of another line: "3 pieces"; the last line: "3- frames". Verso, in ink: presentation note.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Woven or Printed Fabric or Wallpaper; graphite, brush and purple watercolor on paper; 55 × 55 cm (21 5/8 × 21 5/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1909-13-119

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