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Drawing, Design for a clock

This is a Drawing. It was attributed to Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai. It is dated 1800–1825 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is brush and yellow, red watercolor, pen and black ink, on cream 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

42.2 x 21.2 cm (16 5/8 x 8 3/8 in.) dimensions vary Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)

It is inscribed

Lower left, pen and brown ink: pinsant de la / sur Boite / a carree / 74 eea avad. / N.C.E.T. agld

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a clock; Attributed to Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai; Belgium; brush and yellow, red watercolor, pen and black ink, on cream laid paper; 42.2 x 21.2 cm (16 5/8 x 8 3/8 in.) dimensions vary Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-71-11

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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