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Green cluster brooch
Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian (active in France), 1890–1973)
Italian
1950–1959
Medium/Technique
Oxidized metal, glass
Dimensions
Height x width: 9 × 4 cm (3 9/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession Number2018.3895.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Jewelry, Contemporary Art
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionThis brooch features a cluster of irredescent, Aurora Borealis crystals as well as green and blue, marquise-cut and oval glass cabochons prong-set in oxidized silver-tone metal.
Marks
Schiaparelli [in script]
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.
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.