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Man's ring
Production ring #3
Man's ring
Margaret De Patta (American, 1903–1964)
Designed 1944, produced 1946-1957
Object Place: San Francisco, California
Medium/Technique
Cast silver
Dimensions
Overall: 1.6 x 2.5 x 2.9 cm (5/8 x 1 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Daphne Farago Collection
Accession Number2006.119
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Contemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Rings
DescriptionThe rectangular top of the ring is composed of five raised, flat, parallel lines intersected by an off-center perpendicular silver strip. From a blunt edge, the parallel lines continue at a 90 degree angle, narrowing to a smooth curvature that forms the back of the band.
ProvenanceGansevoort Gallery; Daphne Farago, June 14, 1997 Daphne Farago; to MFA, 2006, gift of Daphne Farago.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.