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Drawing, Wool Embroidery Design (Berlin Wool Work), ca. 1860

This is a Drawing. It was created by T. P. Devrient. It is dated ca. 1860 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is brush and gouache, pen and black ink over etching on cream laid paper . It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

13 x 33.8 cm (5 1/8 x 13 5/16 in.) Dimensions vary Platemark/repeat: 10.5 x 29.8 cm (4 1/8 x 11 3/4 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate at upper margin right: No. 681 Inscribed in plate at lower left margin: bei T.P. Devrient in Berlin Inscribed in plate at left margin: 47. Inscribed in graphite at lower margin left: 621.8 [---] Inscribed in graphite on verso: 746; illegible desciption

Cite this object as

Drawing, Wool Embroidery Design (Berlin Wool Work), ca. 1860; T. P. Devrient (active ca. 1860); Germany; brush and gouache, pen and black ink over etching on cream laid paper ; 13 x 33.8 cm (5 1/8 x 13 5/16 in.) Dimensions vary Platemark/repeat: 10.5 x 29.8 cm (4 1/8 x 11 3/4 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt; 1947-121-1

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

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