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1957

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Drawing, Geometric design for printed textile

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Louis-Albert DuBois. It is dated 1800–1818 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on white wove 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

Sheet: 10 x 9.8 cm (3 15/16 x 3 7/8 in.) Image: 4 x 3.8 cm (1 9/16 x 1 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: LAD 799

Cite this object as

Drawing, Geometric design for printed textile; Designed by Louis-Albert DuBois (Swiss, 1752–1818); France; brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper; Sheet: 10 x 9.8 cm (3 15/16 x 3 7/8 in.) Image: 4 x 3.8 cm (1 9/16 x 1 1/2 in.); Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund; 1957-46-81

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