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1984

  • Work on this object began.

1990

  • We acquired this object.

1991

2015

2025

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Dahlia Necklace

This is a necklace. It was designed by Gijs Bakker. It is dated 1984 and we acquired it in 1990. Its medium is plastic, flower petals. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.

  • Textile Panel, Spread
  • cut silk selvedges, polyurethane.
  • Courtesy of Luisa Cevese Riedizioni.
  • 88.2015.6a,b

Its dimensions are

Diam.: 33 cm (13 in.)

Cite this object as

Dahlia Necklace; Designed by Gijs Bakker (Dutch, b.1942); Netherlands; plastic, flower petals; Diam.: 33 cm (13 in.); Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund; 1990-57-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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