FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF ADELAIDE CLOSE RIGGS AND HER DAUGHTER, MARJORIE
Creator(s): Cartier (Firm)
Currently in storage
About this object
The rectangular frame is made of lapis lazuli. It is beveled at the corners and is backed with gold. Around the miniature is an inner frame made in gold with turquoise colored enamel set with a small diamond at intervals. At each corner is a stylized motif set with a spear like piece of turquoise and tiny diamonds. The miniature is of Mrs. Riggs and Marwee. Marwee is a baby and sits on her mother's lap.
- Object name:
- FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF ADELAIDE CLOSE RIGGS AND HER DAUGHTER, MARJORIE
- Made from:
- Lapis lazuli -- gold -- enamel -- diamonds -- turquoise -- miniature
- Made in:
- New York, USA
- Date made:
- 1928
- Size:
- 14.6 × 11.7 cm (5 3/4 × 4 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.137.1
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- MARK Cartier [On back] INSCRIPTION Adelaide Brevoort Close Durant with Baby Marjorie 1928 [On back of brace]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973