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Drawing, Design for a Library Wall

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1750-1780 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and chinese ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

25.8 × 76 cm (10 3/16 × 29 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

A bunch of grapes

It is inscribed

Scale underneath "24 pieds"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Library Wall; France; pen and chinese ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper; 25.8 × 76 cm (10 3/16 × 29 15/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-147

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