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Drawing, Design for Textile

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Louis-Albert DuBois. It is dated ca. 1801 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund.

Its dimensions are

42.1 x 46.3 cm (16 9/16 x 18 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in brown ink, lower left: [monogram?] AD L6; lower left corner: DV [?]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Textile; Designed by Louis-Albert DuBois (Swiss, 1752–1818); Switzerland; brush and gouache, graphite on white laid paper; 42.1 x 46.3 cm (16 9/16 x 18 1/4 in.); Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund; 1957-46-2

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