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Design for a Sofa with Alternative Suggestions

Horizontal rectangle. Right half of sofa suggests a curved outline of the back, after the straight one that appears at the left has been erased. Sofa in Neo-Greek style with four straight legs and rose upholstery.

Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund...

late 19th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray and pink wash, graphite on off-white wove paper
1938-88-574
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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