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Drawing, Design for a Chaise Lounge

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1810 and we acquired it in 1948. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Seligmann.

  • Frame
  • cast and fire-gilt bronze.
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
  • 1910-30-33

Its dimensions are

33.7 x 25 cm (13 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Chaise Lounge; Germany; brush and watercolor, graphite on white paper; 33.7 x 25 cm (13 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Seligmann; 1948-24-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008 and The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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