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1942

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2015

2025

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Buckle (France)

This is a Buckle. It is dated 19th century and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is steel, rock-crystal, foil back.. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Anonymous. It is credited Gift of Anonymous Donor.

  • Brooch
  • polymethylacrylate, found black glass, printing ink, onyx beads, silver leaf,....
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2016-34-124

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 6.3 x 5 x 0.5 cm (2 1/2 x 1 15/16 x 3/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Buckle (France); steel, rock-crystal, foil back.; H x W x D: 6.3 x 5 x 0.5 cm (2 1/2 x 1 15/16 x 3/16 in.); Gift of Anonymous Donor; 1942-69-19

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