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Drawing, Design for Embroidery, Corner of Gentleman's Waistcoat, ca. 1780

This is a Drawing. It was probably Jean-François Bony. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is brush and gouache, watercolor on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

28.6 × 24.5 cm (11 1/4 × 9 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: 2319

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Embroidery, Corner of Gentleman's Waistcoat, ca. 1780; Probably Jean-François Bony (French, 1754–1825); brush and gouache, watercolor on cream laid paper; 28.6 × 24.5 cm (11 1/4 × 9 5/8 in.); 1962-59-1

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