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Drawing, Design for a Sofa in the Gothic Revival Style

This is a Drawing. It was created by Augustus Charles Pugin. It is dated ca. 1830 and we acquired it in 1948. Its medium is blue, brown, yellow watercolor, graphite support: thick white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Seligmann.

Its dimensions are

21.9 x 29.2 cm (8 5/8 x 11 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Sofa in the Gothic Revival Style; Augustus Charles Pugin (French, active Great Britain, ca. 1762–1832); England; blue, brown, yellow watercolor, graphite support: thick white wove paper; 21.9 x 29.2 cm (8 5/8 x 11 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Seligmann; 1948-24-4

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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