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Drawing, Design for a Feather Hairdress, late 18th century
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 sepia wash on 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.
- Vase, ca. 1895
- mouth-blown favrile glass.
- Gift of Stanley Siegel, from the Stanley Siegel Collection.
- 1975-32-9
- Plume, 1926
- diamonds, platinum.
- Private Collection.
- 41.2016.4
Its dimensions are
13 × 8.5 cm (5 1/8 × 3 3/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Partial watermark: E D [?]
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and ink, upper left: Penna p testa
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a Feather Hairdress, late 18th century; Previously owned by Giovanni Piancastelli (Italian, 1845–1926); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and sepia wash on paper; 13 × 8.5 cm (5 1/8 × 3 3/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-874
