Design no. 12 for an Embroidered Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1790
name: label: Designer
content: Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fantastical curved plants, facing each other symmetrically. Two shells, with water pouring from them, are included in the left design, one shell in the right one. Appliqués of spherical triangles and of segments in rose silk with emrboidered motifs, are alternately suggested in the intervals. Horizontal strips on top and at the bottom; coral rinceaux in the main one at the bottom. Written at left: "No 12 S. R.". Paper margin at right: "cation chamois / ainsi que Le capilaire que se renferme ainsi que / La partie du haut on et Les sujets principaux en seront plus Saillants".
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1920-36-191
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, brush and gouache on two pieces of paper pasted together horizontally
label: Dimensions
content: 29.9 × 79.6 cm (11 3/4 × 31 5/16 in.)