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-0001	We photographed this object.
1993	We acquired this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
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Chatelaine (USA)

This is a Chatelaine. It is dated ca. 1860 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is silver, gold wash, ivory, enamel, glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Owen E. Robinson and Mrs. John B. Hendry. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Owen E. Robinson and Mrs. John B. Hendry in memory of Mrs. John A. Logan.

A metal snake chain necklace attached to a pendant with a large ring. Six smaller pendants are attached to the large ring using multiple sized smaller rings to secure each pendant/object and rings with no attachments, five objects are made of metal. One pendant is a rounded and tapered disk on both sides with an opening in the center for the ring. Four objects are in the form of spikes with tapered edges in differed sizes, one has a contrasting wire wrapped around it and the the longest spike is centered. The final pendant is a flat disk with a pattern and a hole in the center for a ring to be attached to the center ring.

Reflections of St. Mary's Necklace
sterling silver, gold, carved slate.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-109

Its dimensions are

Overall: 41 x 32.5 x 3 cm (16 1/8 x 12 13/16 x 1 3/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Chatelaine (USA); silver, gold wash, ivory, enamel, glass; Overall: 41 x 32.5 x 3 cm (16 1/8 x 12 13/16 x 1 3/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Owen E. Robinson and Mrs. John B. Hendry in memory of Mrs. John A. Logan; 1993-68-46-a/k

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Dz26/
Accession Number 1993-68-46-a/k
Object ID 18646715