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Drawing, Design for Woven Fabric:

This is a Drawing. It was manufactured by Fabrique de Saint Ruf. It is dated 1805–15 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is white gouache support: varnished white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.


Napoleon Bonaparte took the bee as his personal symbol. The Imperial household had bees woven into textiles for hangings, upholstery, and robes.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

24.8 x 49.7 cm (9 3/4 x 19 9/16 in.) Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)

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Drawing, Design for Woven Fabric:; Manufactured by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; white gouache support: varnished white laid paper; 24.8 x 49.7 cm (9 3/4 x 19 9/16 in.) Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1920-36-109

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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