Designs for Two Brooches
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Jewelry designs for two brooches, arranged vertically one above the other; each a knot of laced ribbon à jour with a rosette at center. In the example above, the interior of the ribbon filled with round disks. Below, the interior of the ribbon filled with disks alternating with a band of two squares. Beveled 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: 1938-88-859
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 on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 15.4 × 12 cm (6 1/16 × 4 3/4 in.)