Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Our curators have highlighted 5 objects that are related to Button (France).

Vanity Case, Landscape

Vanity Case, Landscape
carved hardstone, carved and tinted mother-of-pearl, enamel, gold, diamonds,....
Lent by Private Collection.
13.2016.69

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Vanity Case
tinted and carved mother-of-pearl in shibayama technique, diamonds, mirrored....
Lent by Private Collection.
13.2016.61

There are 2 images of this object.

Vanity Case, Noble Hunt

Vanity Case, Noble Hunt
mother-of-pearl, carved hardstone, enamel, diamonds, platinum, gold.
Lent by Private Collection.
13.2016.71

A compact in a rectangular form with rounded corners throughout with a white, lightly iridescent mother-of-pearl panel set on the lid with a gold border. A smaller black centered panel with a dragon in the center is made from abalone shell with a cabochon ruby as the eye. Curvy and gold cloud-like lines emanate from the dragon with four sets of two small rose cut diamonds on the top side and bottom side edges bordered with a narrow gold border. A strand of small natural pearls surrounds the border of the lid sitting on a black enamel base secured with gold loops incrementally placed. A somewhat round coral carving sitting on a black enamelled Ruyi is centered by cabochon emeralds on the far sides of the lid. The front and sides of the compact are enamelled in black with gold abstract geometric designs centered by a coral thumbpiece with diamonds secured in the front. The case could easily fit into the palm of your hand.

Compact, Dragon, ca. 1924
enamel, mother-of-pearl, natural pearls, shell, rose-cut diamonds, carved....
Lent by Private Collection.
13.2016.79

Vanity Case, Zen Garden

Vanity Case, Zen Garden
enamel, hardstone, mother-of-pearl, round and other diamonds, gold, platinum,....
Lent by Private Collection.
13.2016.51

There are 2 images of this object.