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1958

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2000

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Blueprint, Textile Design: Manhattan, nos. 490-494

This is a Blueprint. It was designed by Alexander Hayden Girard and from the office of Herman Miller Furniture Company. It is dated 1958 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is blueprint on white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Alexander Hayden Girard. It is credited Gift of Alexander H. Girard.

Its dimensions are

92.7 x 154.8 cm (36 1/2 x 60 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, verso upper left corner: XIII-1

Cite this object as

Blueprint, Textile Design: Manhattan, nos. 490-494; Designed by Alexander Hayden Girard (American, 1907–1993); Office of Herman Miller Furniture Company (United States); blueprint on white wove paper; 92.7 x 154.8 cm (36 1/2 x 60 15/16 in.); Gift of Alexander H. Girard; 1969-165-268

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