Design for Cresting of a Comb
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1810
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 with diamonds and an engraved gem. In the center of an escutcheon formed by rinceaux, an engraved oval gem with the figure of Heracles resting upon his club. Nine comb tines are sketched in pen and ink below.
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: 1938-88-685
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 brown ink, brush and watercolor on white laid paper, laid down
label: Dimensions
content: 12.5 × 17.7 cm (4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.)