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Agata Brick Kösemark, Possibly German, active 1820s  Search this

Medium:

Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper with steel needle and silk thread

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 20 x 20 cm (7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)

Type:

ephemera

Calligraphy

Object Name:

Calligraphy

Made in:

Europe and USA

Date:

1827

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

A square card with an eight-line verse in the center. Flowers and vases decorate each square panel, divided by an undulating branch repeat. Quatrefoils in red ink at lower left and right contain the date and the name of the child, Agata Brick Kösemark. A needle holding orange silk thread symbolic to the text is inserted above the lines of verse. Folded.

Credit Line:

Gift of Hamill and Barker

Accession Number:

1960-128-13

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq421453a8c-874d-4c23-a9d4-f35dda49ca1b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1960-128-13