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1959

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2000

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Drawing, Textile Design: Perforated Pepitas, no. 495

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Alexander Hayden Girard and from the office of Herman Miller Furniture Company. It is dated 1959 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is pen and ink, graphite on 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

25.7 x 96.8 cm (10 1/8 x 38 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, verso upper left corner: XVI-1

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Perforated Pepitas, no. 495; Designed by Alexander Hayden Girard (American, 1907–1993); Office of Herman Miller Furniture Company (United States); pen and ink, graphite on white tracing paper; 25.7 x 96.8 cm (10 1/8 x 38 1/8 in.); Gift of Alexander H. Girard; 1969-165-288

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