Design for a Diadem
Unknown Maker
Jewelry design for a diadem (small crown or tiara). Above a band are two bigger and, outside, two smaller volutes, with the scrolls bending upwards; those are connected by chains with 5 and 3 round diamonds respectively. On the cusps, ovoid diamonds on feet. In the spherical triangles of the intervals, a big round diamond surrounded by smaller ones. Upon the band and the volutes are rows of diamonds.
Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
early 19th century
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on light brown paper
1938-88-876
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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