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Bracelet
Unknownca. 1837
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Band of tightly braided brown human hair hinged with gold mounts to oval framed decoration of pearls, pailettes, hair and the initials MAS in form of horn-of-plenty
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Details
- Title: Bracelet
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: ca. 1837
- Physical Dimensions: w90 x d113 cm
- Type: Bracelet
- Rights: Gift of Mrs. Charles W. Lester
- Medium: Hair, gold, ivory, seed pearls, pailettes
- Exhibitions: New York Museum of Contemporary Crafts, "The Art of Personal Adornment", Sept. 24 - Nov. 7, 1965, p.22."Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection." Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, NY. 2/15/08-8/24/08.
- Dimensions: L x W: 11.3 x 9 cm (4 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
- Bibliography: New York Museum of Contemporary Crafts, "The Art of Personal Adornment", Sept. 24 - Nov. 7, 1965, p.22, reprod. p. 41, no. 93.Holladay, Catherine, M., "Hairwares", Collectors Mart Wichita, KS, Sept. 1982 - ill. p.6.
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