Object Details
Producer
Cartier, French, founded 1847
Manufacturer
Auguste Peyroula
Description
Rectangular vanity case with border of geometric design made of scored mother-of-pearl filled with blue enamel, surrounding a panel of mother-of-pearl tinted in purple and green showing a man and a woman in a lush garden scene
Credit Line
Lent by Private Collection
Date
ca. 1928
Accession Number
13.2016.54
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
containers
Exhibitions
Object Name
Vanity Case
Type
Vanity Case
Medium
Mother-of-pearl, lac burgauté, enamel, cabochon turquoise, lapis lazuli, mirrored plate glass, gold, diamonds
made in
France
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Exhibitions Department
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_13.2016.54