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Patriotic dress clip

Possibly by: Trifari, Krussman & Fishel (American, founded 1925)
American
1939–1945

Medium/Technique Metal, glass
Dimensions Height x width x depth: 4.9 × 5.5 x 1.35 cm (1 15/16 × 2 3/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession Number2018.3933
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentBrooches

DescriptionThis patriotic dress clip is paved with rhinestones and baguettes. A large rectangular blue glass stone is prong-set in the center, flanked by two arcs of graduated red glass stones.
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.