FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF ADELAIDE CLOSE RIGGS
Creator(s): Cartier (Firm)
On view in: Adam Dressing Room
About this object
The square agate frame has its edges cut back. In each corner is a ruby. The round inner edge is white enamelled gold. The miniature is of Mrs. Riggs, as a young woman.
- Object name:
- FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF ADELAIDE CLOSE RIGGS
- Made from:
- Agate -- gold -- enamel -- rubies -- miniature -- watercolor on ivory
- Made in:
- New York, USA
- Date made:
- 1925
- Size:
- 7.2 cm (2 7/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.129.1
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- MARK; INSCRIPTION on back of frame: Cartier, NY; Nedenia Marjorie Hutton, 1925
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973