Object Details
Producer
Lacloche Frères, French, founded 1901
Manufacturer
Strauss, Allard & Meyer, French, active 1920-35
Description
Vanity case in the form of two doors, with red and black lacquer, the front featuring two circular door-handle motifs of carved onyx and coral studded with diamonds, supporting diamond-set rigns, the base accented by a band of diamonds, with diamond thumbpiece; interior fitted with two mirrors and two compartments
Credit Line
Lent by Private Collection
Date
ca. 1924
Accession Number
13.2016.29
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
containers
Exhibitions
Object Name
Vanity Case
Type
Vanity Case
Medium
Red and black lacquer, carved onyx, coral, diamonds, mirrored plate glass, gold, platinum
Dimensions
L x W x D: 8.3 × 4.8 × 1.7 cm (3 1/4 × 1 7/8 × 11/16 in.)
made in
Paris, France
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Exhibitions Department
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_13.2016.29