Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Our curators have highlighted 7 objects that are related to Vanity Case, Cypress Tree, 1928.

Box
enamel.
1939-80-12

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Brooch (England)

Brooch (England)
gold, enamel, diamonds.
Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor, Annie Schermerhorn Kane, and....
1969-40-147

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Pin
mosaic.
1961-48-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Scent Bottle
enamel, metal, glass.
Bequest of Katherine Strong Welman.
1908-23-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Drawing (Facsimile), Design for Panther Vanity Case, 1925
original drawing: graphite, india ink, gouache on buff tracing paper.
Cartier Paris Archives.
6.2017.1

This object has not been digitized yet.

Drawing, Design for Cypress Tree Vanity Case, 1928
gouache, gold leaf on buff tracing paper.
Lent by Van Cleef & Arpels.
5.2017.4

A desk clock enclosed in a shiny rock crystal arch-formed surround with a circular chapter ring and dial. A ring of round diamonds; a bezel, encircles the black enamel chapter ring encrusted with large Roman numerals indicating hours with gold separating the numerals. A gold ring surrounds the numerals however the chapter ring could have shifted down because the gold ring is absent from viewing on the bottom. A ruyi design of a gold symmetrical cloud-like pattern, side-to-side, borders a carved green jade medallion with two cabochon sapphires and diamond encrusted hour and minute hands adorning the dial. Lower on the object are two topiary forms set on left and right corners carved from a large cabochon sapphire surrounded by black enamel set in gold prongs, diamonds as stem, with a green trapezoidal-formed polished jade pot and black enamel handles and base. The clock is photographed in an upright position where the only side visible is the front and is reflected against a white surface.

Desk Clock, Borne, ca. 1927
platinum, gold, rock crystal, carved jade, cabochon and carved sapphires,....
Lent by Private Collection.
13.2016.101