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Drawing, Design for Waistcoast

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1906. Its medium is pencil, watercolor, and gouache on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Jacob H. Schiff. It is credited Gift of Jacob H. Schiff.

Its dimensions are

22 × 38 cm (8 11/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Manuscript number above design: 21 or 22, p. 306; Manuscript note on reverse: "De duhui Rue Lafronde no. 87, Maison Burriens."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Waistcoast; France; pencil, watercolor, and gouache on paper; 22 × 38 cm (8 11/16 × 14 15/16 in.); Gift of Jacob H. Schiff; 1906-21-176

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