Design for an Earring
date: label: Date
content: 1825–50
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for an earring. Decorative scheme composed of two ovals, one above the other and connected by two hanging stems. Above is in the center something like a crown and the top has the shape of a palmette. The lower part of the frame of the upper oval and the whole frame of the lower is formed by chains of beads. In the center below is a yoke, supporting a drop, a chain of beads, and a palmette. Bevelled corners below.
place: label: made in
content: probably Naples, South Italy, Italy
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1938-88-748
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 gray watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 10.4 × 6 cm (4 1/8 × 2 3/8 in.)