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Feb 12, 2010

Feb 16, 2010

Purse

c.1920–30

Van Cleef & Arpels

(French, Paris, est. 1896)

France, 20th century

Gold, enamel, diamonds, sapphires, silk, cotton

Overall: 21.2 x 16 x 2.5 cm (8 3/8 x 6 5/16 x 1 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lyon 2009.378

Location

not on view

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Inscription

Stamped in the metal on the exterior of frame below the ring for the strap: J D [or C?]/18K There is a symbol between the letter J and D[C?] that cannot be identified at this time. Incised on the interior on the bottom of the left vertical section of the frame: XB107

Citations

Coffin, Sarah D., and Stephen Harrison. The Jazz Age: American style in the 1920s. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2017. Reproduced: fig. 205, p. 162

Exhibition history

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (4/7/2017 - 8/20/2017) and The Cleveland Museum of Art, OH (9/30/2017 - 1/14/2018): "The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s"

The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (April 7-August 20, 2017); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30, 2017-January 14, 2018).

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