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Purse
This is a Purse. It was produced by Van Cleef & Arpels. It is dated ca. 1925–30. Its medium is gold, enamel, diamonds, sapphires, silk, cotton.
French jewelers were among the first to capitalize on the enormous public interest in the discovery in 1923 of treasures from King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt. Parisian jewelers created their own treasures in the Egyptian taste for wealthy American clients traveling abroad, such as this handbag clasp by Van Cleef & Arpels.
It is credited Lent by The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lyon, 2009.378.
- Vanity Case, Egyptian Sarcophagus
- bone, enamel, gold, emeralds, sapphires, diamonds, platinum, onyx.
- Lent by Cartier Collection, Inv. VC 70 A25.
- 86.2016.2
- Bracelet, Egyptian
- diamonds, turquoise, sapphires, mother-of-pearl, onyx, black pearls, smoky....
- Private Collection.
- 41.2016.11
- Scarab Belt Buckle
- square-shaped diamonds, baguette-, brilliant-, round old- and single-cut....
- Lent by Cartier Collection, Inv. CL 341 A26.
- 86.2016.3
Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.
- Egyptian Bracelet
- diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, and platinum.
- Private Collection.
- 41.2016.1
- Vanity Case, Egyptian
- gold, platinum, engraved mother-of-pearl plaques, egyptian blue faience....
- Lent by Cartier Collection, Inv. VC 64 A24.
- 86.2016.8
Its dimensions are
21.20 x 16 x 2.50 cm (8 5/16 x 6 1/4 x 15/16 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.
