Object Details
- Producer
- Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, France, established ca. 1906
- Manufacturer
- Alfred Langlois, French, ca. 1875 - 1958
- Description
- Vanity case decorated with three stylized gold cypress trees, the center tree applied with cream-colored enamel accented by turquiose enamel flowers and grass, partially framed by ornate foliate sections, all within a black enamel ground with bands of diamonds, the reverse applied with a modified black enamel lozenge motif accented by small flowers, the sides set with onyx panels; the interior with a fitted mirror, two powder compartments and a lipstick tube; mounted in gold and platinum
- Credit Line
- Lent by Private Collection
- 1928
- Accession Number
- 13.2016.52
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- containers
- Exhibitions
- Object Name
- Vanity Case
- Type
- Vanity Case
- Medium
- Gold, cream, black, and turquoise enamel, baguette diamonds, onyx, platinum, mirrored plate glass
- Dimensions
- L x W x D: 8.7 × 5 × 1.1 cm (3 7/16 × 1 15/16 × 7/16 in.)
- made in
- France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Exhibitions Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_13.2016.52
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq41df11879-a1ee-4fb7-aa54-0782cd13e529
