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Pastel study of a twisting length of cloth drapery, knotted at center, on lavender paper, with handwritten note in the lower left.

Study for "Fortune": Drapery Study

A soft pastel study of a long piece of drapery twists from the upper left, gathers into a knot at center, and trails off toward the lower right edge. Shaded in grey and white on lavender paper, it bears a handwritten note in the lower left referring to drapery for Fortune.

Artist
Elihu Vedder
Date
ca. 1899
Medium
Pastel crayon on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
2306 × 3037 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1904).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum