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Parure

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Parure composed of seed pearl necklace, brooch, hair ornament, bracelet, and earrings showing sunburst and floral ornaments within seed pearl strands, loops and foliate forms; gold clasps on necklace and bracelet. All in a circular red leather case designed to hold the group.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
ca. 1830
Credit Line
Gift of the estate and in memory of Robert B. Noyes
Medium
Seed pearls, mother-of-pearl, gold, fiber
Dimensions
Other: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.)
Type
jewelry
Decorative Arts
Parure
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