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Drawing, Design for Embroidered Waistcoat

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Mademoiselle Favel and made for Fabrique de Saint Ruf. It is dated ca. 1785 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is brush and gouache, watercolor on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

22.9 x 40.7 cm (9 x 16 in.) Image: 22.7 x 40.0 Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

It has the following markings

Marks: Strasburg bead and lily

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Embroidered Waistcoat; Designed by Mademoiselle Favel; Made for Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and gouache, watercolor on white laid paper; 22.9 x 40.7 cm (9 x 16 in.) Image: 22.7 x 40.0 Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1920-36-43

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

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