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1995	Work on this object began.
1999	We acquired this object. We photographed this object.
2014	We photographed this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2024	You found it!

Brooch (Germany)

This is a brooch. It was made by Georg Dobler. It is dated 1995 and we acquired it in 1999. Its medium is steel wire, silver, lacquer. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Harry Paine Bingham and Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Necklace made of irregular rectangular and trapezoidal flat silver pieces that have been patinated to a soft green color. They vary in length from about half an inch to two inches, but the width is more consistently about three quarters of an inch. Small x’s and stars made of overlapping straight lines pattern the top of these pieces. Behind the pieces, on the long sides, are many of the same star shapes that have been cut out and attached to thin, long strips. They are all slightly different lengths and reflect light slightly differently. They are the same soft green color and overlap one another a lot. The large pieces are connected by two flat, curved links of silver that connect behind the pieces. Small, flat, tiny silver studs are visible on the top of some of the large pieces.

Coldstar Necklace
silver, molded plastic, lacquer.
Promised gift to the Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian....
7067.14.2016

Its dimensions are

2.5H x 5.6W x 17L cm (1 x 2 3/16 x 6 11/16 in. )

Cite this object as

Brooch (Germany); Made by Georg Dobler (German, b. 1952); steel wire, silver, lacquer; 2.5H x 5.6W x 17L cm (1 x 2 3/16 x 6 11/16 in. ); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Harry Paine Bingham and Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1999-20-1

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DFx2/
Accession Number 1999-20-1
Object ID 18668635