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Drawing, Three Designs for Embroidery Scissors

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Unknown. It is dated early–mid-19th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over graphite on cream heavy 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

13.5 x 19.7 cm (5 5/16 x 7 3/4 in.)

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Drawing, Three Designs for Embroidery Scissors; Designed by Unknown (Italian); pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over graphite on cream heavy laid paper; 13.5 x 19.7 cm (5 5/16 x 7 3/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-5335

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.

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