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Design for the Embroidery of a Lady's Overskirt of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf

Ruffled yellow edge along the rising part of which are two alternate three rings of a chain, with standing and hanging boughs and a fantastic plant. A plant is in the corner.

Credit: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt...

1790-1800
Graphite, brush and gouache on paper
1920-36-91
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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