Object Details
- Producer
- Cartier, French, founded 1847
- Vladimir Makovsky, French, born Russia (1884-1966)
- Description
- Vanity case, the front and reverse each decorated with a mosaic depicting a dragon and mountain peaks, scenes are edged in black enamel, terminals in carved coral and sides with mother-of-pearl panels, with a coral and diamond thumbpiece; interior with two compartments and a fitted mirror
- Credit Line
- Lent by Private Collection
- ca. 1927
- Accession Number
- 13.2016.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- containers
- Exhibitions
- Object Name
- Vanity Case
- Type
- Vanity Case
- Medium
- Gold, malachite, mother-of-pearl, cabochon ruby, diamonds, enamel, carved coral, platinum, mirrored plate glass
- Dimensions
- L x W x D: 10 × 5 × 1.5 cm (3 15/16 × 1 15/16 × 9/16 in.)
- made in
- Paris, France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Exhibitions Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_13.2016.11
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4aa165acb-11e8-4ec7-adbb-bf2c1adb0e66
