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Drawing, Design for the Corner Motif of a Woven Fabric

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1815–1840 and we acquired it in 1909. Its medium is brush and white opaque paint, impressed lines on oily tracing 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

51.9 × 29.2 cm (20 7/16 × 11 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Verso, top left in graphite: Presentation note

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for the Corner Motif of a Woven Fabric; France; brush and white opaque paint, impressed lines on oily tracing paper; 51.9 × 29.2 cm (20 7/16 × 11 1/2 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1909-13-15

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