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Floral dress clip

American
about 1930

Medium/Technique Plastic, metal
Dimensions Height x width at widest: 6 × 6 cm (2 3/8 × 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession Number2018.4227
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment

DescriptionThis curved plastic dress clip in the shape of a buckle is adorned with white, pink, and yellow carved flowers.
ProvenanceBetween about 1970s and 2018, acquired by Carole Tanenbaum, Toronto, Ontario [see note]; 2018, gift of Carole Tanenbaum to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)

NOTE: This is part of a large collection of costume jewelry given to the MFA in 2018, which had been built over about 40 years.