Drawing, Designs for Two Cross Pendants, early 19th century (CH 18554785)
Summary
Two jewelry designs for cross pendants. At left a cross with hexagonal arms. On the interior of the cross, images of the instruments of the Passion: on top the crown of thorns, at left three nails, at right three dies, at bottom pincers and hammer. On top a vine with a larger one above, in the middle of the outer sides of the other arms a grenade. At right, a plain cross, framed by moldings; at the outsides of the arms a ball; above a ring. Construction lines in graphite. Stabbed for copying.
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drawings from italy in the cooper hewitt smithsonian design museum
jewellery design drawings in the cooper hewitt smithsonian design museum
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cooper hewitt smithsonian design museum
Date
1300 - 1500
Source
Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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public domain