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1908

  • Work on this object ended.

1980

  • We acquired this object.

1999

2015

2025

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Aluminum with Glass Beads Matchsafe

This is a Matchsafe. It is dated ca. 1898 and we acquired it in 1980. Its medium is aluminum, turquoise glass beads. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Carol B. Brener and Stephen W. Brener. It is credited Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.

  • NOT TITLED 9 Brooch
  • aluminum.
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2016-34-35

Its dimensions are

6.6 x 3 x 1.2 cm (2 5/8 x 1 3/16 x 1/2 in. )

It has the following markings

No marks

Cite this object as

Aluminum with Glass Beads Matchsafe; USA; aluminum, turquoise glass beads; 6.6 x 3 x 1.2 cm (2 5/8 x 1 3/16 x 1/2 in. ); Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener; 1980-14-842

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