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Floral wrap bracelet

Frank Hess (American)
For: Miriam Haskell Company (American, founded in 1926)
American
1941–1945

Medium/Technique Wood, glass beads, silk
Dimensions Diameter: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession Number2018.4151
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Americas

DescriptionThis prototype wrap bracelet consists of tassels of green Venetian glass beads with pink and purple flower-shaped wood terminal discs sewn onto a woven silk piping which covers a wire frame.
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.