Design for a Comb
date: label: Date
content: 1820–30
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a hair comb. Above nine tines, a pointed compartment formed by two entwined ribbons. Inside, two eagles stand beside a vase filled with stemmed flowers and fruits, two of which each the eagles are eating. A feather is fastened at the upper frame of the right part of the headpiece. Bevelled corners.
place: label: made in
content: probably Naples, South Italy, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-743
objectType: label: Type
content: jewelry
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 16.5 × 16.8 cm (6 1/2 × 6 5/8 in.)