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
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_13.2016.106