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2014

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2016

2024

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Brooch, Piece 1, from How Long Is Now collection

This is a brooch. It was designed by Jantje Fleischhut.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Jantje Fleischhut as part of Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.

It is dated 2014. Its medium is matte translucent plastic, copper-bronze, silver, resin, sponge.

This brooch comes from Fleischhut’s How Long Is Now collection. The brooch expresses the combination of precious and non-precious materials by using copper and silver with plastic and sponge. The piece seems shaped by forces of nature as well as by human hands.

It is credited Courtesy of Ornamentum Gallery.

  • Bangle (India)
  • gold band, glass "gem".
  • Gift of Mrs. Max Farrand.
  • 1953-143-7

Our curators have highlighted 8 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

  • Bracelet (Norway)
  • silver.
  • Museum purchase through gift of Neil Sellin and from General Acquisitions....
  • 1998-60-1
  • Clip (France)
  • gold, pearl plastic.
  • Gift of Jacques Jugeat.
  • 1969-143-12-a/d

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 6 × 11 × 9.5 cm (2 3/8 × 4 5/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.

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