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Comb
19th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Triangular form of mottled, translucent brown, the edges of intricate pierced scrollwork surrounding a section of solid tortoseshell with a V-shape cut in the center, above five long teeth to fix the comb in the wearer's hair.
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Details
- Title: Comb
- Date Created: 19th century
- Location Created: possibly France
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Shaped, carved and pierced tortoiseshell
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Owen E. Robinson and Mrs. John B. Hendry in memory of Mrs. John A. Logan
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