FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST
Creator(s): Cartier (Firm)
On view in: First Floor Library
About this object
The rectangular agate frame has an inner border of light blue enamel on gold. There are two stepped feet in lapis lazuli. The miniature is a bust of Marjorie Merriweather Post facing left and is unsigned. Post has her hair dressed in curls that are upswept and she wears a large dangling earring and her pearl necklace with the diamond clasp (see 17.69). She wears an off shoulder lacy dress.
- Object name:
- FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST
- Made from:
- Agate -- gold -- enamel -- lapis lazuli
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- 1938
- Size:
- 18.9 x 15.6 cm (7 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.111.1
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; MARK Cartier, Paris; Two small hallmarks (unidentified) [On back inscribed]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973