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Drawing, Design for a Monstrance

This is a Drawing. It is dated mid-17th century and we acquired it in 1921. Its medium is red chalk 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

21.3 × 17.3 cm (8 3/8 × 6 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in purple ink, upper right corner: "Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Monstrance; France; red chalk on paper; 21.3 × 17.3 cm (8 3/8 × 6 13/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1921-22-5

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