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Drawing, Design for an Embroidered Woven Fabric

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1825–1840 and we acquired it in 1909. Its medium is brush and gouache 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

40.8 × 35.8 cm (16 1/16 × 14 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Written with ink beneath the blossom top right: "Le co[???""; at left of a small lace cone in the center: "Citron a / soucie"; at bottom right: "Le [???] [???] / [???] Bleau"; top center: "684".

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered Woven Fabric; France; brush and gouache on oily tracing paper; 40.8 × 35.8 cm (16 1/16 × 14 1/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1909-13-41

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