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Design for a Carpet Proposed for a Salon

1777–78
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Design for a Carpet Proposed for a Salon
  • Artist: François Joseph Belanger (French, Paris 1744–1818 Paris)
  • Date: 1777–78
  • Medium: Colored wash over black chalk, pen and brown ink at right. Border line in pen and red-brown ink.
  • Dimensions: 13 3/8 x 22 1/16 in. (34 x 56 cm)
  • Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
  • Object Number: 32.85.11
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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