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  • We acquired this object.

1925

  • Work on this object began.

2017

2025

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Pendant Necklace, Timken

This is a Pendant Necklace.

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

It is dated 1925. Its medium is emeralds, sapphires, diamonds, platinum.

William R. Timken purchased this necklace for his wife in Paris.

It is credited Lent by Pierre Chen, Taiwan.

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Its dimensions are

Necklace L: 41.9 cm (16 1/2 in.) Pendant L x W: 4.4 × 3.8 cm (1 3/4 × 1 1/2 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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