Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2010
The Year
Acquisitions
David and Roberta Logie Department of Textile and Fashion Arts: July 2009–June 2010
Woman's belt
1971
Height x depth x circumference: 6 x 1 x 75 cm (2 3/8 x 3/8 x 29 1/2 in.)
stainless steel with ball bearings
Classification: Costumes
Culture: French
Accession number: 2010.305
Description: A wide flat band of metal shaped into an oval to be worn around the waist is decorated in the front by a buckle and a line of seven ball bearings, each with a gold tone center, that suggest the holes of a belt, but are used to hold the buckle making the belt adjustable.
Provenance/Ownership History: 1971, purchased by Karen Rotenberg, Boston, in Paris; gift of Rotenberg and her husband Michael to the MFA (Accession date: April 14, 2010)
Gift of Karen and Michael Rotenberg