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White Duette brooch
Hattie Carnegie (American (born in Austria), 1889–1956)
American
1955–1965
Medium/Technique
Glass, metal
Dimensions
Width: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.) Combined total
Width: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.) Pin Frame
Height x width: 4 × 3.1 cm (1 9/16 × 1 1/4 in.) each clip
Width: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.) Pin Frame
Height x width: 4 × 3.1 cm (1 9/16 × 1 1/4 in.) each clip
Credit Line
Gift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession Number2018.3954
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Contemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionThis Duette brooch (or double-clip brooch) consists of two gold tone dress clips secured together with a metal fastener. The dress clips slide into the mount to form a pin. The clips are triangular in shape and set with round, oval, and pear-shaped white beads and diamante. The metal fastener is set with four white marquise beads and two pear-shaped rhinestones.
Marks
Hattie Carnegie ©, PAT. PEND. [on back of pin mount]
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.