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We have 10 objects tagged swans.

A pair of matched gold earrings, each featuring a garnet-set medallion with dangling gold chains and enamel swan pendant. The part of the earring that would cover the wearer's earlobe is round gold with a beadlike texture. At center is a faceted dark red garnet with a zigzag setting. Attached to the back are a curved ear wire and little loops around the lower edge for the chains and swan, two chains to each side of the swan. The chains end in irregular oval-shaped nuggets of light green glass. Each small enamelled swan has gold features: eyes, beak, filigree wings, and feet. The wings are further accented with light green, bleeding into the rosy white of the neck and body. The swans have unrealistic proportions: too-large heads curved toward small fat bodies on long necks. The earrings are laid flat on a light beige background with the swans facing each other and the chains spread out.

Swan earrings Earring
gold, enamel, garnet, glass.
1956-200-1-a,b

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

Print, Design for Two Knife Handles

Print, Design for Two Knife Handles
engraving on off-white laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-350-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print, Ornament Panel with Orpheus and the Judgment of Paris

Print, Ornament Panel with Orpheus and the Judgment of Paris
engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1946-29-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print, Plate 32, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Print, Plate 32, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)
engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop.
1957-162-30

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print, Strapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene

Print, Strapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene
engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1944-83-7-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print, Plate 24, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Print, Plate 24, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)
etching on laid paper..
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1945-59-12

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Drawing, Design for Grotesque Decoration

Drawing, Design for Grotesque Decoration
pen and brown ink, black chalk on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of the Misses Leupp and Mary Turlay Robinson and....
1994-64-3

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

A bracelet combining Egyptian imagery in a symmetrical composition fabricated from faceted precious and smoothly polished semi-precious gemstones and gold also known as cabochon, set in platinum in a rectangular form with an open box clasp partially seen. The dominant central design shows two swans intertwined in a heart form encrusted in round diamonds and rows of mother-of-pearl representing feathers with beaks of onyx and a large round diamond atop, possibly representing the sun. An onyx scarab below traditionally representing renewal and rebirth in Egyptian symbolism spreads its decorative wings in a symmetrical circular design embellished with onyx for feather tips, two rows of turquoise, then sapphires meeting in the diamond encrusted center and appearing to be overlapped by the swans. Round diamonds surround the feathers with several thin diagonal dark lines and a curved partial circle emanating from the large diamond above the entwined swan’s heads. To the right and left are papyrus leaves formed like fans on an opposite diagonal orientation consisting of sapphires and gold stripes and sapphires on the leaf’s gently curved borders. Above, large areas of turquoise cabochons appear to be flowing in a diagonal orientation and are possibly reminiscent of the Nile River. Further to the left and right and at the bracelet’s ends are a symbol of an outline of an eye possibly representing a god enhanced with gems and a black pearl for the iris. A hook and flail are located below the eye crossed like an X consisting of sapphire and gold stripes traditionally representing a symbol for the Pharaoh of Egypt. The bracelet could comfortably fit into one’s hand, it would probably feel cold to the touch and the texture would be bumpy from the cabochon stones. The photograph captures the object against a light gray ground with a cast shadow.

Object ID #907130389
diamonds, turquoise, sapphires, mother-of-pearl, onyx, black pearls, smoky....
Private Collection.
41.2016.11

Drawing, Elevation of the Maritime Fountain, for the Place de la Concorde, Paris

Drawing, Elevation of the Maritime Fountain, for the Place de la Concorde, Paris
pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, highlighted with white gouache on paper.
Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt and Smithsonian Institution....
1997-1-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Bound Volume, Frontispiece for Book 4, in Eight books of Ornament

Bound Volume, Frontispiece for Book 4, in Eight books of Ornament
engravings on white laid paper, bound in half-calf and marbled boards.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1962-126-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 13 images of this object.