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Flower brooch
Maison Gripoix (French, founded 1890)
French
1990–2010
Medium/Technique
Metal, glass
Dimensions
Height x width: 7.6 × 7.6 cm (3 × 3 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession Number2018.3846
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Jewelry, Contemporary Art
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionThis large, three-dimensional flower brooch features overlapping, curved purple pâte de verre, or poured glass, petals set in gold-tone frames. The flower sits upon four green, poured glass leaves accented with gold-tone metal veins. A small bud with transparent poured glass petals also peaks out from behind the central flower. A hook on the back of the brooch indicates the brooch could also be worn as a pendant.
ProvenanceBetween about 1970s and 2018, acquired by Carole Tanenbaum, Toronto, Ontario [see note]; 2018, gift of Carole Tanenbaum to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)
NOTE: This is part of a large collection of costume jewelry given to the MFA in 2018, which had been built over about 40 years.
NOTE: This is part of a large collection of costume jewelry given to the MFA in 2018, which had been built over about 40 years.