Design for the Embroidery of the Lower Front Part of an Overskirt of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1785
name: label: Designer
content: Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A frill is shown along the left hem. Ovoidal rings form a chain inside which is intertwined with a waved bough garland. One slope of the chain is directed into the wedge and surrounds the top of a tall plant rising from a bottom rosette. Flower garlands start from another rosette in the corner between two segments of the skirt. Plants with naturalistic and fantastic flowers are suggested in the remaining spaces. The lower one is entirely shown. It contains three feathery leaves added to two slips of paper which cover the original motif, an urn. Written bottom left: "po 1129 / S. R."
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: 1920-36-23
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, brush and gouache, oxidized white on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 59.8 × 45.8 cm (23 9/16 × 18 1/16 in.)