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Cigarette Case

Object Details

Description
Cigarette case in black enamel with bands and stylized palmette motifs set with rose-cut diamonds and two hexagonal-cut diamonds, with a diamond-set thumbpiece
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Producer
Cartier, French, founded 1847
Date
ca. 1929
Credit Line
Lent by Private Collection
Medium
Enamel, rose- and hexagonal-cut and other diamonds, gold, platinum
Dimensions
L x W x D: 7.7 × 5.8 × 1.4 cm (3 1/16 × 2 5/16 × 9/16 in.)
Type
containers
Exhibitions
Cigarette Case
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