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N/T 1185 Tiara

This is a Tiara. It is dated 1996 and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is silver wire, pearl, mother-of-pearl, smoky quartz, quartz crystal. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Friends of Drawings and Prints. It is credited Museum purchase from Sara Cooper-Hewitt Fund.

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  • gold, opals, pearls, garnets.
  • Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos.
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  • silver-plated photographically etched stainless steel.
  • Gift of Artecnica.
  • 2007-38-1-a/c

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

  • Ring
  • folded sheet silver, bent silver wire.
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2017-2-2

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 4.5 x 11.8 cm (1 3/4 x 4 5/8 in.)

Cite this object as

N/T 1185 Tiara; England; silver wire, pearl, mother-of-pearl, smoky quartz, quartz crystal; H x diam.: 4.5 x 11.8 cm (1 3/4 x 4 5/8 in.); Museum purchase from Sara Cooper-Hewitt Fund; 1997-43-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008.

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