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Jewelry Suite: Necklace; earrings

Frank Hess (American)
For: Miriam Haskell (American, 1899–1981)
American
about 1955

Medium/Technique Gold-tone metal, glass, and faux pearls
Dimensions Necklace: Length: 55 cm (21 5/8 in.)
Earrings: Overall: 6.6 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (2 5/8 x 1 x 1 in.)
Credit Line Textile Curator's Fund and Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number2011.31.1-3
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionThe necklace is composed of red glass beads with roses montees and faux pearls. Has matching earrings.

The earrings are composed of red glass beads with roses montees and faux pearls. They have a matching necklace.
Marks Inpressed Miriam Haskell on clasp
Provenance1996, Susan Kelner Freeman, New York; by 2010, with Skinner Auctions, Boston, MA; December 7, 2010, purchased by the MFA from Skinner Auctions, lot 48 (Accession date: January 26, 2011)