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Drawing, Point-paper (mise-en-carte), Design for Woven Silk

This is a Drawing. It was print maker: Claude Seraucourt. It is dated 1710–30 and we acquired it in 1930. Its medium is watercolor, gouache, over etching, thick white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

44.1 x 56.3 cm (17 3/8 x 22 3/16 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Point-paper (mise-en-carte), Design for Woven Silk; Print Maker: Claude Seraucourt (1677 – 1756); France; watercolor, gouache, over etching, thick white laid paper; 44.1 x 56.3 cm (17 3/8 x 22 3/16 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1930-26-62

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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