Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2009

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David and Roberta Logie Department of Textile and Fashion Arts: July 2008–June 2009


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Garden brooch

2007
Melanie Bilenker
Height x width x depth: 7.2 x 5.2 x 1.1 cm (2 13/16 x 2 1/16 x 7/16 in.)
Gold (18kt), silver, ebony, resin, pigment, and hair

Classification: Jewelry / Adornment

Culture: American

Accession number: 2008.1047

Location: Daphne and Peter Farago Gallery (Crafting Contemporary)

Description: The hair drawing is placed at different depths in the resin and the silver frame is attached to the teak with small, gold rivets.

Provenance/Ownership History: 2007, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA; 2007 sold by Sienna Gallery to MFA; 2007, gift from MFA to Susan W. Paine, Cambridge, MA; gift from Paine to MFA (October 22, 2008).

Museum purchase by the Board of Trustees in honor of Susan W. Paine, President of the Board of Trustees, 2003-2007