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1940

  • Work on this object began.

1945

  • Work on this object ended.

2006

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Brooch (USA), early 1940s

This is a brooch. It was designed by Marion Weeber Welsh. It is dated early 1940s and we acquired it in 2006. Its medium is plastic, metal. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Marion Weeber Welsh. It is credited Bequest of Marion Weeber Welsh.

  • Temptation Brooch, 2013
  • cast, ground, sandblasted, acid etched and polished glass, anodized niobium,....
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2016-34-34

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 9.5 x 6 x 1.5cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 9/16in.)

Cite this object as

Brooch (USA), early 1940s; Designed by Marion Weeber Welsh (1905–2000); plastic, metal; H x W x D: 9.5 x 6 x 1.5cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 9/16in.); Bequest of Marion Weeber Welsh; 2006-2-7

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