Design for a Necklace
date: label: Date
content: mid- 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Jewelry design for a necklace made up of an ornamented chain with hanging pendants at center. The chain consists of interlaced oval escutcheons of ribbons and wreaths, connected by blossoms in the center of the escutcheons. Hanging is a tripartite garland, with drops hanging at the sides and a large one in the center, hanging from a knot.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1938-88-910
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 black ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 14 × 32.7 cm (5 1/2 × 12 7/8 in.)