Design for a Brooch
date: label: Date
content: mid- 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Jewelry design for a brooch. Nine hanging drop-like jewels on the exterior of the brooch and at center; five rounded medium-sized gems and six small round gems are connected and partially supported by five pedestals of various sizes, and by volutes. The general outline is that of a lozenge.
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: 1938-88-914
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 ink, brush and green, red watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 8.5 × 6.4 cm (3 3/8 × 2 1/2 in.)