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1951

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2015

2025

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Sample Sheet (France)

This is a Sample sheet. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1951. Its medium is paper and wool and its technique is fulled plain weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was donated by Alice Baldwin Beer. It is credited Gift of Alice B. Beer.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 48 × 32.5 cm (18 7/8 × 12 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink across top: Manufacture Royale de Pennautier. Londrins Seconds.

Cite this object as

Sample Sheet (France); paper and wool; H x W: 48 × 32.5 cm (18 7/8 × 12 13/16 in.); Gift of Alice B. Beer; 1951-158-7

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