Design for a Bread Basket

Unknownc. 1810

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Openwork wire bread basket in center. The basket as well as the base are octogonally shaped shaped. The openwork handle of the basket is laid down on the left rim. Fragment of writing in red lower right.

Details

Title: Design for a Bread Basket
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: c. 1810
Type: Drawing
Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper
Signed: strip of reddish brown writing at bottom right
Dimensions: 20.4 x 27.7 cm (8 1/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

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Bread Drawing Ink Pen