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Original box for Starfish brooch
Designed by: Juliette Moutard (French, 1900 – 1990)
For: René Boivin (French, founded in 1890)
Fabricated by: Charles Profilet (French)
Worn by: Claudette Colbert (American (born in France), 1903 – 1996)
For: René Boivin (French, founded in 1890)
Fabricated by: Charles Profilet (French)
Worn by: Claudette Colbert (American (born in France), 1903 – 1996)
French
1937
Dimensions
Overall: 16.5 × 16.5 × 5.1 cm (6 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by the Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Monica S. Sadler, Otis Norcross Fund, Helen and Alice Colburn Fund, the Curators Circle: Fashion Council, Nancy Adams and Scott Schoen, Anonymous Donor, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, Theresa Baybutt, Emi M. and William G. Winterer, and Deborah Glasser
Accession Number2019.654.2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionOriginal box
ProvenanceAbout 1937, purchased by Claudette Colbert (b. 1903 – d. 1996), Los Angeles. September 24, 2008, anonymous sale, Christie’s, Paris, lot 238. Sold by Stephen Russell Jewelry, New York, to Nancy Marks, New York; by about 2018, sold by Nancy Marks to Siegelson, New York; 2019, sold by Siegelson to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 19, 2019)