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Drawing, Design for Armchair and Stool

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Jean Démosthène Dugourc and attributed to Georges Jacob and Henri Jacob. It is dated 1790 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on white laid paper. ruled borders in pen and black ink.. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 21.5 x 34.3 cm (8 7/16 x 13 1/2 in.) matted with -134B Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Armchair and Stool; Designed by Jean Démosthène Dugourc (French, 1749–1825); Attributed to Georges Jacob (French, 1739–1814), Henri Jacob (1753–1824); France; brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on white laid paper. ruled borders in pen and black ink.; Sheet: 21.5 x 34.3 cm (8 7/16 x 13 1/2 in.) matted with -134B Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-135

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

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