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1920

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Drawing, Design for an Embroidered or Woven Border

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1780–1800 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is graphite, brush and gouache 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

27.8 × 15.6 cm (10 15/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: [partial] BLAV

It is inscribed

Written in ink, bottom right, and reverse: "No 27"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered or Woven Border; France; graphite, brush and gouache on paper; 27.8 × 15.6 cm (10 15/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1920-36-32

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