Inkstand
date: label: Date
content: mid- 19th century
name: label: Maker
content: Paul Sormani, French, 1817 – ca. 1877
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Metal inkstand with swirling forms featuring a connected inkwell with lid and pen holder. The pen holder is fashioned as a wave-shaped arc and the inkwell is bordered by circular, feather-like designs. The inkwell has a wave and lace pattern top. Opposite to the pen holder and inkwell is another foot with floral designs.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-65-6-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: inkstand
label: Type
content: inkstand
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6.5 x 15.1 x 14.2 cm (2 9/16 x 5 15/16 x 5 9/16 in.)