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Drawing, Design for Embroidered Floral Motifs of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf. It is dated 1785–1795 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

30.9 × 41 cm (12 3/16 × 16 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Strasburg lily with hanging [stylized 4 above an X with adjacent angled R]; see cat. card for sketh

It is inscribed

Written in graphite, bottom left: "8 fleurs". Part of a listing as at the left edge.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Embroidered Floral Motifs of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; graphite, brush and gouache on paper; 30.9 × 41 cm (12 3/16 × 16 1/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1920-36-71

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