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Object Timeline

1940

  • Work on this object began.

1945

  • Work on this object ended.

2006

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Brooch (USA)

This is a Brooch. It was designed by Marion Weeber Welsh. It is dated early 1940s and we acquired it in 2006. Its medium is plastic, coral, thread, metal. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Marion Weeber Welsh. It is credited Bequest of Marion Weeber Welsh.

  • Haircomb Haircomb
  • tortoiseshell, metal, coral.
  • Gift of the estate and in memory of Robert B. Noyes.
  • 1946-50-70

Its dimensions are

8h x 6.5w x 2.2d cm (3 1/8 x 2 9/16 x 7/8 in. )

Cite this object as

Brooch (USA); Designed by Marion Weeber Welsh (1905–2000); plastic, coral, thread, metal; 8h x 6.5w x 2.2d cm (3 1/8 x 2 9/16 x 7/8 in. ); Bequest of Marion Weeber Welsh; 2006-2-8

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