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Drawing, Design for the Embroidery of a Lady's Dress 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 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

35.6 × 47.8 cm (14 in. × 18 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: VADERY LEY and lily over stylized "VDL"

It is inscribed

Written in ink: "tou ce qui est peint en blanc ou jaune / dans les petites guirlandes est pour / etre brodé pané or et argent / point de dorure dans les 3 / bouquets principeaux", top right. An account "248" top left, in opposite direction.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for the Embroidery of a Lady's Dress of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; graphite, brush and gouache on paper; 35.6 × 47.8 cm (14 in. × 18 13/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1920-36-95

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