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1992

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2015

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Steel-wire bracelet Bracelet

This is a Bracelet. It is dated ca. 1830 and we acquired it in 1992. Its medium is gold, steel wire. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

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

  • Wall Hanging, Goliath
  • varnished copper wire, polymetal, pirarucu fish scales, metal.
  • Courtesy of the artist and Cristina Grajales Gallery.
  • 13.2015.1
  • Bracelet
  • sawn, sheet plastic bands (hosta-glas) wrapped in iron wire.
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2016-34-7

Its dimensions are

Overall: 4 x 6.7 x 7.8 cm (1 9/16 x 2 5/8 x 3 1/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Steel-wire bracelet Bracelet; gold, steel wire; Overall: 4 x 6.7 x 7.8 cm (1 9/16 x 2 5/8 x 3 1/16 in.); Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund; 1992-71-2

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