Design for the Embroidery of a Lady's Dress 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: Three bunches of flowers and a rose bough are connected by garlands. Ther vertically alternating repeats are in opposite directions. Written in ink: "tou ce qui est peint en blanc ou jaune / dans les petites guirlandes est pour / etre brodé pané or et argent / point de dorure dans les 3 / bouquets principeaux", top right. An account "248" top left, in opposite direction. Marked with two pencil crosses, bottom right.
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: 1920-36-95
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: 35.6 × 47.8 cm (14 in. × 18 13/16 in.)