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Cricket Cage (Italy)
This is a cricket cage. It is dated ca. 1903 and we acquired it in 1916. Its medium is wood, metal wire. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
donated by
Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- Cricket Cage And Base (Japan)
- rattan, bamboo, lacquered wood (base); fiber, paper, silk, feathers....
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1916-40-3-a,b
- Cricket Cage (Italy)
- wood, bamboo, metal wire.
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1916-40-6
- Pin Brooch
- wood, textile, foam, acrylic paint, pins.
- The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
- 2016-34-56
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 7 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm (2 3/4 x 2 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.) H x W x D (hook at top extended vertically): 10.5 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm (4 1/8 x 2 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
It is inscribed
On underside in graphite: "Verona, Italy / Cricket cage / June, 1903"
Cite this object as
Cricket Cage (Italy); wood, metal wire; H x W x D: 7 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm (2 3/4 x 2 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.) H x W x D (hook at top extended vertically): 10.5 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm (4 1/8 x 2 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1916-40-12
