Design for the Embroidery of a Lady's Overskirt of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Graphite, brush and gouache on paper, Ruffled edge with a broad brown strip, the inside edge of which is formed by a flower stem from which boughs branch into strip and field. The field is decorated by a repeat composed of two flower boughs, connected by a lace cloth festoon, the right end of which is held by a button from which lace scallops hang., France, ca. 1785, Drawing

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