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Brooch (USA)

This is a brooch. It is dated 1993 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is stainless steel, niobium. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.

  • Staircase Model (France)
  • planed, joined, and veneered pearwood, walnut.
  • Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
  • 2007-45-21

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 3.3 x 6.5 cm (1 5/16 x 2 9/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Brooch (USA); stainless steel, niobium; H x diam.: 3.3 x 6.5 cm (1 5/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund; 1993-112-1-a/c

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