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Mechanical Pencil

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Producer

Cartier, French, founded 1847

Description

A mechanical pencil in black enamel decorated at either end with a cap of rose-cut diamonds
and a pearl, the center with rose-cut diamond-set band supporting a black silk
tassel with enamel and diamond slide link, with a telescoping gold mechanical pencil
that slides out from one end attached to the pearl and diamond cap

Credit Line

Lent by Private Collection

Date

ca. 1929

Accession Number

13.2016.106

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

costume & accessories
Exhibitions
Mechanical Pencil

Medium

Enamel, rose-cut and other diamonds, pearl, silk tassel, gold, platinum

Dimensions

L x W x D: 5.6 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm (2 3/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in.)

made in

Paris, France

See more items in

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Exhibitions Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47455831a-265f-415c-a729-6ebf4c30248f

Record ID

chndm_13.2016.106

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