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Drawing, Design for Embroidered Waistcoat

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Pradei(r). It is dated ca. 1785 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is graphite, brush and gouache on laid 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

17 x 32.1 cm (6 11/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink, three times, upper, lower left, and lower right: pon 516; printed in upper right: PRADEI...; reverse, in ink: La fabrique de St. Ruf. / Riche en Dessin de tout / genre.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Embroidered Waistcoat; Designed by Pradei(r); France; graphite, brush and gouache on laid paper; 17 x 32.1 cm (6 11/16 x 12 5/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1920-36-33

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