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Feather Lady Brooch
Arline M. Fisch (American, born in 1931)
1971
Object Place: San Diego, California; Object Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Medium/Technique
Silver, fire-gilt; resin; parrot feathers
Dimensions
Overall: 14.6 x 14 x 1 cm, 63.6 gm (5 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 3/8 in., 0.1 lb.)
Credit Line
The Daphne Farago Collection
Accession Number2006.185
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Contemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionSterling silver woman's face with curled hair; chased lobed silver wings with applied, resin-inlaid circles and fire gilding; multi-colored parrot feathers extending from base of woman's head
Signed
On rear of woman's head is "A" in fish symbol, Sterling
ProvenanceDaphne Farago; to MFA, 2006, gift of Daphne Farago.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.