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Design for a Pencil Holder

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Cylindrical holder drawn in plan and elevation. The upper lip decorated with a ring of studs indicated in yellow color pencil to be executed in vermeil. Underdrawing in graphite of pencil holder in golden section.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Jean Elysée Puiforcat, French, 1897–1945
Date
1942
Credit Line
Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra
Medium
Pen and black ink, yellow color pencil, graphite on cream tracing paper
Dimensions
28.9 x 18.7 cm (11 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches), irregular
Type
metalwork
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing

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