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Drawing, Designs for Scrollwork Escutcheons, mid- 17th century

This is a Drawing. It is dated mid- 17th century and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is red chalk, pen and ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund.

Its dimensions are

24 × 19.4 cm (9 7/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black ink, upper left: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: No 10

Cite this object as

Drawing, Designs for Scrollwork Escutcheons, mid- 17th century; Italy; red chalk, pen and ink on paper; 24 × 19.4 cm (9 7/16 × 7 5/8 in.); Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund; 1940-21-42

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