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Drawing, Design for Two Chairs

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Jean Démosthène Dugourc and attributed to Georges Jacob and Henri Jacob. It is dated 1790 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

21.3 x 34 cm (8 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed on veso: lily I Kool

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Two Chairs; Designed by Jean Démosthène Dugourc (French, 1749–1825); Attributed to Georges Jacob (French, 1739–1814), Henri Jacob (1753–1824); France; brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on white laid paper; 21.3 x 34 cm (8 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-133-2

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