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1972

  • Work on this object began.

2016

2024

  • You found it!

Necklace

This is a necklace. It was designed by Ramona Solberg. It is dated ca. 1972 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is hemp yarn, heat formed acrylic tubing, plastic beads and coils, melted and stitched vinyl sheet; found objects: die-stamped tin car, wooden domino, cardboard bottle cap, wooden nickel . It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Vicki Halper. It is credited Gift of Vicki Halper.

  • Necklace
  • dominos, silver, leather cord.
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2016-34-105

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 1.5 × 16.4 × 32.2 cm (9/16 × 6 7/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Necklace; Designed by Ramona Solberg (American, 1921 - 2005); hemp yarn, heat formed acrylic tubing, plastic beads and coils, melted and stitched vinyl sheet; found objects: die-stamped tin car, wooden domino, cardboard bottle cap, wooden nickel ; H x W x D: 1.5 × 16.4 × 32.2 cm (9/16 × 6 7/16 × 12 11/16 in.); Gift of Vicki Halper; 2016-42-1

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