See more objects with the tag gold, enamel, diamond, vanity, jadeite, platinum .

Object Timeline

  • We acquired this object.

1930

  • Work on this object began.

2017

2024

  • You found it!

Vanity Case, Persian

This is a Vanity Case.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Private Collection as part of Jeweled Splendors of the Art Deco Era: The Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection.

It is dated 1930. Its medium is enamel, diamonds, carved jadeite, rose-cut diamonds, 18-karat gold, platinum.

It is credited Lent by Private Collection.

  • Square
  • cotton.
  • Gift of Teresa Kilham.
  • 1959-125-3
  • Sidewall, Persian
  • block-printed on paper.
  • Gift of Clifford Murvine, Reed Wallpaper Company.
  • 1977-28-14-a/d
  •

Its dimensions are

L x W x D: 8.5 × 5.6 × 1.3 cm (3 3/8 × 2 3/16 × 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

French assay marks; English importation marks, 30460; maker's mark for Straus, Allard & Meyer

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Jeweled Splendors of the Art Deco Era: The Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection.

There are restrictions for re-using this image. 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/420577323/ |title=Vanity Case, Persian |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=18 April 2024 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>