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1947

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1967

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2000

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2015

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Drawing, Textile Design: Ribbons, nos. 541-547

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Alexander Hayden Girard and from the office of Herman Miller Furniture Company. It is dated ca. 1957 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is color pencil, graphite on off-white tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Alexander Hayden Girard. It is credited Gift of Alexander H. Girard.

Its dimensions are

79.7 x 118.7 cm (31 3/8 x 46 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, verso lower left corner: XVI-7

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Ribbons, nos. 541-547; Designed by Alexander Hayden Girard (American, 1907–1993); Office of Herman Miller Furniture Company (United States); color pencil, graphite on off-white tracing paper; 79.7 x 118.7 cm (31 3/8 x 46 3/4 in.); Gift of Alexander H. Girard; 1969-165-271

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