Designs for Two Gold Stickpins and a Seperate Ornament

Edgar Gilstrap Simpson

1899 · Graphite and gouache · Drawings and Prints

Three designs for gold-colored stickpins with precious stones. The designs are numbered (continuous from the previous pages). The outer two designs show a full pin, both with an ornament based on a palmette motif. The middle design shows just the ornament, which is shaped like a butterfly.

Artist

Edgar Gilstrap Simpson

Date

1899

Medium

Graphite and gouache

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959