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Object Timeline

1930

  • Work on this object began.

1950

  • Work on this object ended.

1992

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Brooch (USA)

This is a Brooch. It is dated ca. 1940 and we acquired it in 1992. Its medium is metal, glass paste. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper Hewitt Fund.

  • Purse, 1928
  • tapestry, silver-plated clasp.
  • Lent by Mobiler national, Paris, Beauvais 1666.
  • 74.2016.2
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  • Brooch (USA)
  • metal, gilt, glass paste.
  • Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper Hewitt Fund.
  • 1992-103-1

Its dimensions are

Overall: 6.5 x 6.8 x 1 cm (2 9/16 x 2 11/16 x 3/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Brooch (USA); metal, glass paste; Overall: 6.5 x 6.8 x 1 cm (2 9/16 x 2 11/16 x 3/8 in.); Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper Hewitt Fund; 1992-103-5

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