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Pair of Earrings

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Object Details

Designer

Unknown

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Pair of gold-toned articulated drop earrings, each composed of three elements joined by loops. From the top: a phrygian (or "liberty") cap, followed by a guillotine stamped with the years 1789 and 1989 in bands at its top and bottom, followed by an upside-down fleur de lis. Each cap with a hinged clip on the back.

Credit Line

Gift of David Revere McFadden

Date

1989

Accession Number

1995-112-4-a,b

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

jewelry
Decorative Arts

Object Name

earrings

Type

earrings

Medium

gilded metal

Dimensions

H x W: 9.5 × 3.2 cm (3 3/4 × 1 1/4 in.)

manufactured in

France

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4926a7d03-5b2b-4e8c-8265-55f9aa1ac3f3

Record ID

chndm_1995-112-4-a_b

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