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Drawing, Design for Textile

This is a Drawing. It was published by Seiffert and Co.. It is dated ca. 1860 and we acquired it in 1947. Its medium is brush and gouache on pre-printed squared paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by John Marshall Philipps.

Its dimensions are

19.2 x 18.1 cm (7 9/16 x 7 1/8 in.), irregular

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, upper right: 2232.; lower center: Seiffert & Co. vorm. A. Nikolai in Berlin.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Textile; Published by Seiffert and Co.; Germany; brush and gouache on pre-printed squared paper; 19.2 x 18.1 cm (7 9/16 x 7 1/8 in.), irregular; 1947-78-4

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