Six designs for brooches with oval frames
Six drawings in graphite of designs for brooches, in the style of the French School of the 19th century, designed for the French jewelry company Mellerio-Borgnis. Each drawing was created on a separate sheet of semi-transparent paper, all adhered to the same page of the album. All the brooches in these designs consist of oval frames with different sorts of garlands, ribbons, and looping scrolls. The first contains large loops on the upper part of the frame, each flanked by small, round pearls, and smaller loops on the lower part of the frame. The second is framed by a garland of stylized leaves and pearls, with a ribbon interlacing around it. The third is framed by a garkabd if risettes abd stylized leaves, and has a small ribbon bow motif on the bottom. The fourth consists of a ribbon bow with three loops on top, which interlaces around the frame, each loop separated by a round pearl from the other, and ending on a curved X-shape holding a hanging round pearl on the bottom. The fifth consists of a garland of small, stylized leaves, bundles of tiny rosettes, and round pearls, and a thin, interlacing ribbon. The last one consists of a ribbon bow of three loops above, whose loose ends interlace around a thin garland of small, stylized leaves and round pearls. The physical jewels from these designs would have likely been manufactured using gold or silver, and probably using brilliants, diamonds, or other (semi-) precious stones to add color and shine to the designs.
Artwork Details
- Title: Six designs for brooches with oval frames
- Artist: F. Mellerio Borgnis
- Date: ca. 1830–70
- Medium: Graphite
- Dimensions: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 8 3/8 in. (29.9 × 21.2 cm)
Album: 8 11/16 in. × 12 in. × 1 3/8 in. (22 × 30.5 × 3.5 cm) - Classifications: Albums, Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Gift of Raphael Esmerian, 1957
- Object Number: 57.662.4(16)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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