Object Details
Description
Roughly cube-form, wire cage with square, wooden roof and base; three corner posts sheathed in wood, fourth post of wire, coiled at top, acts as door; corner wires looped at top; wire loop and hook in top center.
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Date
ca. 1903
Accession Number
1916-40-12
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
containers
Decorative Arts
Cricket cage
Medium
Wood, metal wire
Dimensions
H x W x D: 7 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm (2 3/4 x 2 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
H x W x D (hook at top extended vertically): 10.5 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm (4 1/8 x 2 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
made in
Verona, Italy
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1916-40-12