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Three sheets with designs for earrings
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
These numbered sheets probably come from a presentation catalogue. This was a way for a jeweller or travelling salesman to show his clients many variations on the same type of earrings, always modifying a basic design. The pear-shaped stones that recur in many of the designs point to the use of teardrop-shaped pearls.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDrie bladen met ontwerpen voor oorhangers. c. 1750 - c. 1780. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
