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1905

  • Work on this object began.

1925

  • Work on this object ended.

1978

  • We acquired this object.

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Cigar Case (Austria)

This is a cigar case. It was produced by Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated ca. 1915 and we acquired it in 1978. Its medium is gilt-tooled and stained pigskin leather; cast gilt-metal clasp; silk (interior). It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Gift of Martha Landman.

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  • hand-molded glass set with fire-joined turquoise canes (mezza filigrana),....
  • Museum purchase from the Members' Acquisitions Fund of Cooper-Hewitt,....
  • 2013-11-1
  • Briefcase
  • nickel-plated leather.
  • Courtesy of Thom Browne.
  • 74.2015.4
  • Frame
  • carved, molded and painted wood (probably fir).
  • Gift of the C. Helme and Alice B. Strater Collection.
  • 1976-1-160

Our curators have highlighted 1 object that are related to this one.

  • Cigarette Case
  • calibré-cut sapphires, enamel, rose-cut diamonds, white gold.
  • Lent by Private Collection.
  • 13.2016.5

Its dimensions are

Overall: 10.5 x 14.2 x 1.4 cm (4 1/8 x 5 9/16 x 9/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Cigar Case (Austria); Produced by Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); gilt-tooled and stained pigskin leather; cast gilt-metal clasp; silk (interior); Overall: 10.5 x 14.2 x 1.4 cm (4 1/8 x 5 9/16 x 9/16 in.); Gift of Martha Landman; 1978-142-2

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