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Drawing, Designs for Baluster Vases

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1700–1725 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is black chalk on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 24.9 × 18.3 cm (9 13/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: stag in a circle

Cite this object as

Drawing, Designs for Baluster Vases; Italy; black chalk on off-white laid paper; H x W: 24.9 × 18.3 cm (9 13/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-698

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