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Drawing, Design for Mechanical Furniture: Tables

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1805 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor 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

36.9 x 30.1 cm (14 1/2 x 11 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermarks: Vander Ley (Heawood 1838)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Mechanical Furniture: Tables; Germany; pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor on paper; 36.9 x 30.1 cm (14 1/2 x 11 7/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-468

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