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Vanity Case

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    Object Details

    Producer

    Cartier, French, founded 1847

    Description

    rectangular with rounded and incurved corners, the top with nephrite panels carved with sections of flowers and melons,set at intersteces with diamond-set platinum octagon shaped studs,at the end with rows of jade batons and buff-top sapphires, the borders of blue enamel on gold, the sides with carved nephrite and jade batons and thumbpiece; the interior with fitted mirror, two powder compartments, lipstick holder,

    Credit Line

    Lent by Private Collection

    Date

    ca. 1927

    Accession Number

    13.2016.81

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    containers
    Exhibitions
    Vanity Case

    Medium

    Carved nephrite, platinum-mounted diamonds,enamel, gold, carved jade, buff-top sapphires, mirrored plate glass

    Dimensions

    L x W x D: 9.4 × 4.8 × 1.9 cm (3 11/16 × 1 7/8 × 3/4 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/kq41ca5fa7a-9fcc-4b44-b137-a7db7326cc78

    Record ID

    chndm_13.2016.81

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