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1940

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Drawing, Design for Machine-Woven Shawl, 1841

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1841 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is brush and watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Richard Irvin.

Its dimensions are

35.5 × 24 cm (14 × 9 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper center: 116; in graphite, upper center: 116 667e; lower right: 67

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Machine-Woven Shawl, 1841; France & Scotland; brush and watercolor on paper; 35.5 × 24 cm (14 × 9 7/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Richard Irvin; 1940-88-3-a

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