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Cigarette holder
American
about 1955
Medium/Technique
Plastic, white metal, and pigment
Dimensions
Length x width x height: 9.7 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm (3 13/16 x 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Karen Sethur Rotenberg in memory of Sylvia Sethur
Accession Number2012.545
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsPersonal accessories
DescriptionThis cocktail length cigarette holder which appears to be made of ivory has a horizontal inlaid design of two narrow white metal stripes alternating with three black pigmented stripes of the same narrow width. This decoration occurs about one third of the way from the cigarette opening. The holder has a slight straight taper and the outer perimeter has six flat sides two of which are shorter than the other four.
Marks
Unmarked
ProvenanceBetween 1960 and 1995, purchased by Sylvia Sethur on one of various trips to Europe; 2011, by descent to Karen Rotenberg, Boston; 2012, gift of Rotenberg to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 26, 2012)