Pair of Scissors with Sphinx-shaped Handles

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Vertical rectangle showing a design for a pair of scissors with handles formed by half-figures of lion-headed sphinxes, facing in opposite directions.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
probably 17th century
Accession Number
1938-88-5451
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
metalwork
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 x 7.8 cm (5 1/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
made in
Europe
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1938-88-5451
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq41b8569c5-1052-456e-8df7-b4309f907b78
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