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Drawing, Design for a Chandelier

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1830 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

36.5 × 25.2 cm (14 3/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: monogram

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Chandelier; Germany; brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on paper; 36.5 × 25.2 cm (14 3/8 × 9 15/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-729

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