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Design for a Necklace with Alternative Suggestions

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Jewelry design for a necklace. The chain and the upper part of the pendant consist of blossoms, respectively disks, connected by crossed scrolls of ribbon with disks, respectively with and without a scalloped motif. Hanging, below, on a knot: a framed drop, à jour. Beveled corners.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
late 18th century
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
Dimensions
31.6 × 23.2 cm (12 7/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
Type
jewelry
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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