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1919

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1937

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Design for Woven Textile

This is a Drawing. It was created by Unknown. It is dated 1919 and we acquired it in 1937. Its medium is brush and gouache, black chalk or pastel, pen and brown ink on tracing paper, lined. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Herman A. Elsberg. It is credited Gift of Herman A. Elsberg on the Fortieth Anniversary of the Museum.

Its dimensions are

54.8 x 65.1 cm (21 9/16 x 25 5/8 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 71 cm (22 in. x 27 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Lower margin, right in pen and black ink: Pou 3702 / in pen and red ink: 27.49.1

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Woven Textile; Unknown (French); France; brush and gouache, black chalk or pastel, pen and brown ink on tracing paper, lined; 54.8 x 65.1 cm (21 9/16 x 25 5/8 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 71 cm (22 in. x 27 15/16 in.); Gift of Herman A. Elsberg on the Fortieth Anniversary of the Museum; 1937-63-23

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