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1905

  • Work on this object ended.

2001

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2015

2025

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Drawing, Design for Large Two-Part Cabinet Built into Niche, 1900–05

This is a Drawing. It was designed by A.N. Davenport Co.. It is dated 1900–05 and we acquired it in 2001. Its medium is graphite, green color pencil on thin cream paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by The Lake St. Louis Historical Society. It is credited Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society.

Its dimensions are

27.3 x 21.3 cm (10 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. )

It has the following markings

Watermark across verso bottom : ORIENTAL LINEN

It is inscribed

Recto: inscribed in graphite, upper left corner of sheet: Mrs. CR Hurd / [illeg.] / Milton / 923 Wednesday / [illeg.]; upper center of design: corner cabinet; along left edge of design: $55 / Marble / Shelves [?] / Window [arrow pointing right] / $200; along right edge of design: corner hanging / Bookcase / leaded glass doors / window / Scale 7 10'+7 foot [sic]; center bottom of design: $150. Verso: diverse unidentified partial sketches center left, upper center, and right

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Large Two-Part Cabinet Built into Niche, 1900–05; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; graphite, green color pencil on thin cream paper; 27.3 x 21.3 cm (10 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. ); Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society; 2000-69-234

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