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Drawing, Design for Woven Fabric with Neoclassical Motifs

This is a drawing. It is dated ca. 1820 and we acquired it in 1909. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite, on laid paper, prepared with brush and brown pigment and squared. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

47.4 x 18.7 cm (18 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Verso, in ink: Le dessin est sur la proportion d'un tiers de L'étoffe / il doit avoir 50 ponces hauteur et 20 De largeur.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Woven Fabric with Neoclassical Motifs; France; brush and gouache, graphite, on laid paper, prepared with brush and brown pigment and squared; 47.4 x 18.7 cm (18 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1909-13-130

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