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Drawing, Design for a Jardiniere

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1855 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is graphite, brush and ink, watercolor, gouache, gold paint on tracing paper, laid down. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Pauline Riggs Noyes Fund.

Its dimensions are

28.7 x 41.9 cm (11 5/16 x 16 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, lower center: No 639/Jardiniere ovale porcelaine et bronze long. 53c larg. 24c. haut. 26c. largeuer 24c. Assiette ronde pour dessert.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Jardiniere; France; graphite, brush and ink, watercolor, gouache, gold paint on tracing paper, laid down; 28.7 x 41.9 cm (11 5/16 x 16 1/2 in.); Museum purchase from Pauline Riggs Noyes Fund; 1953-206-11

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