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Brooch, Wings, from the Curiosity Collection
This is a brooch. It was designed by Terhi Tolvanen.
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from The Rotasa Collection Trust as part of Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.
Tolvanen’s brooch defies conventional form and is likely to be read as much as a pair of earrings as it is a brooch. Mother-of-pearl is cut into thin pieces and laid into the separate, symmetric shapes of wings; their delicate nature conveys a feeling of lightness. The mother-of-pearl is layered like feathers into the wood and silver wings. The two shapes connect on the back with a clasp to form the brooch.
It is credited Courtesy of the Rotasa Collection Trust and Ornamentum Gallery.
- Swan earrings Earring
- gold, enamel, garnet, glass.
- 1956-200-1-a,b
- Earrings (Italy)
- coral, gold.
- Gift of the estate and in memory of Robert B. Noyes.
- 1946-50-22-a,b
- Turret Pair Of Earrings
- oxidized sculpted bronze, bent gold wire.
- Gift of Susan M. Yecies.
- 2011-19-1-a,b
Our curators have highlighted 12 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Tile Tile
- earthenware, glaze.
- Museum purchase from the Misses Hewitt Fund.
- 1937-62-8
- Scene, Pollock's Scenes in Cinderella, Scene 2
- printed and colored paper mounted on cardboard.
- Gift of W. H. Solle.
- 1938-61-7-b
- Brooch, Parrot Tulip, from the Curiosity Collection
- thuja wood, paint, silver, reconstructed opal.
- Courtesy of the Rotasa Collection Trust and Ornamentum Gallery.
- 17.2015.3
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 8 × 6 × 3 cm (3 1/8 × 2 3/8 × 1 3/16 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.
