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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Design for a Brush

Description

Maker

Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, 1831-present)
Possibly Frederick Russell Woodward (American, 1888-1983), designer

Title

Design for a Brush

Year

ca. 1940

Medium

  • Ink and pencil on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Ink and pencil on paper

Materials

paper (fiber product), ink, graphite

Dimensions

22.2 x 11.8 cm (8 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

"REDUCE TO 3 5/16 INCHES" in pencil at center of drawing, perpendicular. "60A58" in pencil at top of drawing. "Neg. only.." in pencil script in upper right corner. "F.R.W." in blue ink to lower right of drawing. Backside of paper has a glued on scrap reading "Neg only" in pencil on a paper printed with "Line Cut" in ink.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.45.817

Type

  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

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Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, 1831-present)
Possibly Frederick Russell Woodward (American, 1888-1983), designer
Design for a Brush, ca. 1940
Ink and pencil on paper
22.2 x 11.8 cm (8 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches)
Gift of Lenox, Incorporated 2005.118.45.817

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