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Drawing, Design for an Earring
This is a Drawing. It is dated late 18th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
Its dimensions are
11.8 x 9.1 cm (4 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamps: Verso: Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso: No. 2 [?]; volendo far il preste disegno di diamanti / ci vuole circa 300
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for an Earring; Italy; pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on off-white laid paper; 11.8 x 9.1 cm (4 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-839
