Object Details
Producer
Cartier, French, founded 1847
Description
Belt buckle in the shape of a scarab with outstretched wings; the insect’s blue Egyptian faience body is accented by incised linework and accented by diamonds and cabochon sapphires and wrapped by a layer of black enamel. Base of gold and platinum.
Credit Line
Lent by Cartier Collection, Inv. CL 341 A26
Date
1926
Accession Number
86.2016.3
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
jewelry
Exhibitions
Scarab Belt Buckle
Medium
Square-shaped diamonds, baguette-, brilliant-, round old- and single-cut diamonds, blue Egyptian faience, cabochon sapphires, black enamel, gold, platinum
Dimensions
H x W x D: 3.8 × 12.8 × 2.1 cm (1 1/2 × 5 1/16 × 13/16 in.)
produced in
Paris, France
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Exhibitions Department
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_86.2016.3
