Design for Embroidery of a 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: Festoons of a fringed ribbon connect fantastical plants of which two are shown colored. The bigger one consists of naturalistic and "Persian" components, the other has naturalistic leaves and gem umbrels. A flower garland is suggested along the them; a frill is sketched beside it.
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: 1920-36-19
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 paper
label: Dimensions
content: 61.4 × 44.2 cm (24 3/16 × 17 3/8 in.)