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Drawing, Design no. 12 for an Embroidered Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf. It is dated 1780–1790 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is graphite, brush and gouache on two pieces of paper pasted together horizontally. 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

29.9 × 79.6 cm (11 3/4 × 31 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermarks: D C BLAUW, at left; Strasburg lily and bend, at right

It is inscribed

Written at left: "No 12 S. R.". Paper margin at right: "cation chamois / ainsi que Le capilaire que se renferme ainsi que / La partie du haut on et Les sujets principaux en seront plus Saillants".

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design no. 12 for an Embroidered Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; graphite, brush and gouache on two pieces of paper pasted together horizontally; 29.9 × 79.6 cm (11 3/4 × 31 5/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1920-36-191

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