Pair of Scissors with Sphinx-shaped Handles
date: label: Date
content: probably 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle showing a design for a pair of scissors with handles formed by half-figures of lion-headed sphinxes, facing in opposite directions.
place: label: made in
content: Europe
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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: 1938-88-5451
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 13 x 7.8 cm (5 1/8 x 3 1/16 in.)