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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Design for Modern Vase,

Description

Maker

  • Gorham Manufacturing Company
  • Erik Magnussen

Title

Design for Modern Vase

Medium

paper (fiber product), graphite

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Pencil on paper

Techniques

  • Pencil on paper

Dimensions

48.9 x 27.9 cm (19 1/4 x 11 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

All in pencil: "EM. 488. / 1928" in lower left corner. ".MODERN . VASE . 10 in high" below center of drawing across bottom of page. "stem .028 1/2" to right of stem, "Base .036" to right of base. "6" to lower right of drawing. Below center of drawing: "Body [Sraffed after] Design .036 / Stem Tube / Base 4 1/2 .036"

Type

  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.45.865

About

Design for Modern Vase
Modern

All in pencil: "EM. 488. / 1928" in lower left corner. ".MODERN . VASE . 10 in high" below center of drawing across bottom of page. "stem .028 1/2" to right of stem, "Base .036" to right of base. "6" to lower right of drawing. Below center of drawing: "Body [Sraffed after] Design .036 / Stem Tube / Base 4 1/2 .036"

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Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Design for Modern Vase with the accession number of 2005.118.45.865. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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