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Design for Three Brooches
1825–50
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Large brooch: a cross is formed by four round diamonds, the central one being bigger and framed by a circle of diamonds, from it spring drapery festoons formed by diamonds. Smaller brooches are shaped like handles; left one with two leaves and a blossom, right one with a blossom, a leaf and a knot.
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Details
- Title: Design for Three Brooches
- Date Created: 1825–50
- Location Created: Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on cream wove paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
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