Design for a Brooch
Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Jewelry design for a brooch. A double bow—one larger and one smaller, stacked upon one another. The smaller one has six slopes. Lace ribbons with branches entwined by a scroll of ribbon between two framing bands. In the center, a blossom.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- late 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1938-88-865
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- jewelry
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.7 x 24.3 cm (6 9/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
- made in
- probably Naples, South Italy, Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1938-88-865
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4bdabdb39-751d-4297-b79a-196e3e8ab2a1
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