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Drawing, Design for an Embroidered Border, 1805-1815

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1805-1815 and we acquired it in 1923. Its medium is brush and various gouache on glazed paper, incised lines. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Marian Hague.

Its dimensions are

27.3 × 16.3 cm (10 3/4 × 6 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Written at right bottom (in ink): "Bovéri on Maro(n)."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered Border, 1805-1815; France; brush and various gouache on glazed paper, incised lines; 27.3 × 16.3 cm (10 3/4 × 6 7/16 in.); 1923-18-1

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