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Design for a Comb
1820–30
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Design for a hair comb. Above nine tines, a pointed compartment formed by two entwined ribbons. Inside, two eagles stand beside a vase filled with stemmed flowers and fruits, two of which each the eagles are eating. A feather is fastened at the upper frame of the right part of the headpiece. Bevelled corners.
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Details
- Title: Design for a Comb
- Date Created: 1820–30
- Location Created: probably Naples, South Italy, Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
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