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Drawing, Design for Gile, pattern 1757 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Mademoiselle Favel. It is dated ca. 1785 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is 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

27.7 x 27.2 cm (10 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink, upper center: Patron 1757. Verso: in ink: guilloul.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Gile, pattern 1757 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf; Designed by Mademoiselle Favel; France; brush and gouache on laid paper; 27.7 x 27.2 cm (10 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1920-36-85

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