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1925

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2017

2025

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Drawing (Facsimile), Design for Panther Vanity Case, 1925

This is a Drawing (Facsimile). It was designed by Cartier.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Cartier as part of Jeweled Splendors of the Art Deco Era: The Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection.

It is dated 1925. Its medium is original drawing: graphite, india ink, gouache on buff tracing paper.

It is credited Cartier Paris Archives.

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Its dimensions are

L x W (matted): 40 × 30 cm (15 3/4 × 11 13/16 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Jeweled Splendors of the Art Deco Era: The Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection.

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