This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

See more objects with the color silver rosybrown dimgrey or see all the colors for this object.

Object Timeline

1938

  • We acquired this object.

2013

2024

  • You found it!

Drawing, Design for a Brooch

This is a Drawing. It is dated late 18th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

  • Ring (France)
  • silver, paste, jewels..
  • Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
  • 1931-6-191-a,b
  • Letter Case (France)
  • silk, gilt foil-wrapped silk, paste jewels, gilt foil spangles on silk....
  • Gift of the Marquis Val Verde de la Sierra.
  • 1924-27-5

Our curators have highlighted 14 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

  • Pendant with monogram Pendant
  • silver, gold, enamel, glass.
  • Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt from the collection of Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt.
  • 1931-70-51
  • Pin
  • gold, silver, glass, gemstones.
  • Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
  • 1931-6-202
  • Drawing, Design for Four Bow Knots
  • pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on white laid paper.
  • Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
  • 1938-88-5384

Its dimensions are

17 x 24.1 cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Part of watermark: Strasburg lily

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Brooch; Italy; pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper; 17 x 24.1 cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-864

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18554253/ |title=Drawing, Design for a Brooch |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=19 April 2024 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>