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Drawing, Design for a Belt Buckle with Peacock Motif

This is a Drawing. It was created by Eugène Samuel Grasset and manufactured by Maison Vever. It is dated 1900 and we acquired it in 1950. Its medium is brush and gouache, light green watercolor, graphite on buff wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel.

  • Buckle (France)
  • gold, opals, pearls, garnets.
  • Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos.
  • 1967-88-3
  • Plate (USA)
  • glazed and gilt porcelain.
  • Gift of Mrs. C. R. Dumble.
  • 1939-24-2

Its dimensions are

32.8 x 24.9 cm (12 15/16 x 9 13/16in.)

It is signed

In graphite at lower right: EG (monogram)

It is inscribed

Numbered in graphite at upper right: 99; at right of brooch: A/ B and below buckle: AB

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Belt Buckle with Peacock Motif; Eugène Samuel Grasset (Swiss, 1841 – 1917; active Paris, France 1871–1917); Manufactured by Maison Vever; France; brush and gouache, light green watercolor, graphite on buff wove paper; 32.8 x 24.9 cm (12 15/16 x 9 13/16in.) ; Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel; 1950-6-6

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Opening Our Doors: Selections from the Design Resource Center and The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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