Design for a Cross Pendant
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Jewelry design for a pendant in the form of a cross. Hanging from a cord which is fastened by an agraffe (metal clasp); a blue diamond framed by an interlaced band composed of white diamonds. The pendant is a cross composed of five blue diamonds each, framed by two entwined oval bands. In the corners are rays.
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: 1938-88-785
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 blue, yellow, gray watercolor, gold on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 21.2 x 14.7 cm (8 3/8 x 5 13/16 in.)