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Object Details

Producer

Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, France, established ca. 1906

Manufacturer

Strauss, Allard & Meyer, French, active 1920-35

Description

Lapis lazuli box with rounded corners, centering a triangular panel of carved lapis lazuli flowers with diamond centers, sided by triangular fluted frosted rock crystal segments accented with lozenge-shape calibré-cut diamonds, two sugarloaf jadeites at the corners, diamond-set button clasp, mounted in white gold

Credit Line

Lent by Private Collection

Date

1928

Accession Number

13.2016.92

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

containers

Exhibitions

Box

Medium

Lapis lazuli, calibre-cut and other diamonds, frosted rock crystal, jadeite, white gold

Dimensions

L x W x D: 6 × 7.6 × 1.6 cm (2 3/8 in. × 3 in. × 5/8 in.)

made in

Paris, France

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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/kq49d1f1446-197d-49b8-af0d-fe8ed76bbf0c

Record ID

chndm_13.2016.92

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