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Drawing, Design for an Embroidery Border Motif

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1775–1800 and we acquired it in 1914. Its medium is brush and gouache on 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

1 × 0.8 cm (3/8 × 5/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Embroidery Border Motif; France; brush and gouache on paper; 1 × 0.8 cm (3/8 × 5/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1914-21-58

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