Designs for Two Necklaces and Two Chains
date: label: Date
content: 1785–90
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Jewelry designs for two necklaces and two chains. Above at right, the right side of a necklace with green diamonds, and alternative suggestions for the chain, ovals of a different shape being connected by blossoms or disks. The pendant in the shape of a drop, supported by a knotted ribbon. Beside the pendant, two pieces of chains. Below at left, the left side of a necklace with red diamonds. The chain is composed of interlaced bands with disks. The pendant has a pavilion shape with two rows of red beads hanging between white bands supported by a knot. 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: 1938-88-789
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 green, gray, red watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 19.4 × 30.3 cm (7 5/8 × 11 15/16 in.)