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Drawing, Design for an Embroidery Border

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1805–1820 and we acquired it in 1921. Its medium is brush and gouche on glazed tracing 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

31.9 × 18.2 cm (12 9/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Embroidery Border; France; brush and gouche on glazed tracing paper; 31.9 × 18.2 cm (12 9/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1921-22-228

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