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Drawing, Design for a printed fabric

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1750–1800 and we acquired it in 1909. Its medium is graphite, brush and gouache on heavy 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

Sheet: 48.2 x 38.7 cm (19 in. x 15 1/4 in.) Image: 39 x 29.5 cm (15 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper center: 1657

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a printed fabric; probably France; graphite, brush and gouache on heavy laid paper; Sheet: 48.2 x 38.7 cm (19 in. x 15 1/4 in.) Image: 39 x 29.5 cm (15 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.) ; Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1909-29-1

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