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1928

  • Work on this object began.

2016

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Earrings

This is a Earrings.

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

It is dated 1928. Its medium is diamonds, platinum.

Mary Flagler Cary, grand-daughter of Henry Flagler of Standard Oil, received these earrings for her 27th birthday in 1928.

It is credited Lent by Vartanian & Sons.

  • Tutti Frutti Strap Bracelet
  • sapphires, emeralds, rubies, diamonds, onyx, enamel, and platinum.
  • Lent by Cartier Collection, Inv. BT 110 A25.
  • 86.2016.4
  • Bandeau
  • diamonds, platinum, natural pearl.
  • Lent by Cartier Collection, Inv. HO 28 A24.
  • 86.2016.1

Our curators have highlighted 1 object that are related to this one.

  • Pair Of Bracelets
  • diamonds, platinum.
  • Lent by Cartier Collection, Inv. BT 27 A30, BT 28 A30.
  • 86.2016.11a,b

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 3.8 × 1.3 × 0.6 cm (1 1/2 × 1/2 × 1/4 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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