Design for Cresting of a Comb
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Design for the cresting of a comb intended to be executed in gilded metal, a cameo, and diamonds. In the top an oval cameo with the figure of a reclining nude woman, whose frame is supported by two swans.One compartment below filled with peacock eyes in mosaic of white and green gems and golden strips.
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: 1938-88-682
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 sepia wash, watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 9.7 × 13.8 cm (3 13/16 × 5 7/16 in.)