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1985

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1995

  • We acquired this object.

  • Work on this object ended.

2015

2025

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Neck collar Necklace

This is a necklace. It was designed by Herman Hermsen. It is dated ca. 1990 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is molded plastic, mold-blown glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collection Acquisitions Program and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds.

  • Necklace (Israel)
  • glass beads, metal.
  • Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
  • 2006-1-1

Our curators have highlighted 12 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

  • Necklace (Austria)
  • gold-plated metal, metal, fiber, bronze (clasp).
  • Museum purchase from the Monet Fund.
  • 1984-54-1

Its dimensions are

Overall: 29.8 x 25 x 1 cm (11 3/4 x 9 13/16 x 3/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Neck collar Necklace; Designed by Herman Hermsen (Dutch, b. 1953); Netherlands; molded plastic, mold-blown glass; Overall: 29.8 x 25 x 1 cm (11 3/4 x 9 13/16 x 3/8 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collection Acquisitions Program and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1995-8-7

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