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Object Timeline

1983

  • Work on this object began.

1987

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Brooch

This is a Brooch. It was designed by Gayle Saunders. It is dated 1983 and we acquired it in 1987. Its medium is mild steel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

  • Brooch
  • gold, niello, enamel.
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2016-34-117

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 0.5 x 6 cm (3/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Brooch; Designed by Gayle Saunders (American, born 1951); mild steel, gold; H x diam.: 0.5 x 6 cm (3/16 x 2 3/8 in.); 1987-17-1

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