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1924

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2017

2025

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Brooch

This is a Brooch. It was produced by Cartier.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Cartier as part of The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

It is dated 1924. Its medium is platinum, diamonds, cultured pearl, onyx, rock crystal.

This geometric-styled brooch of 1924 by Cartier features the use of rock crystal with diamonds and onyx, popularized at the 1925 Paris exposition.

It is credited Lent by Cartier Collection, Inv. CL 235 A24.

  • Cigarette Holder
  • jet, silver, diamonds, sapphires.
  • The Carolyn Hsu-Balcer Collection.
  • 73.2016.1

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Its dimensions are

H x W x D (approx): 8 × 7.5 × 1 cm (3 1/8 × 2 15/16 × 3/8 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

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