Comb
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Triangular form of mottled, translucent brown, the edges of intricate pierced scrollwork surrounding a section of solid tortoseshell with a V-shape cut in the center, above five long teeth to fix the comb in the wearer's hair.
place: label: made in
content: possibly France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Owen E. Robinson and Mrs. John B. Hendry in memory of Mrs. John A. Logan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1993-68-49
objectType: label: Type
content: jewelry
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: comb
label: Type
content: comb
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: tortoiseshell
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 16 × 14.5 cm (6 5/16 × 5 11/16 in.)