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"Baker" Bracelet

Maker: Art Smith, American, 1917-1982
Medium: Silver
Place Made: New York, New York, USA
Dates: ca. 1959
Dimensions: 2 1/2 x 2 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (6.4 x 7.3 x 9.5 cm)
Markings: Impressed on back: "Art Smith"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Special Exhibition Gallery, 4th Floor
Accession Number: 2007.61.18
Credit Line: Gift of Charles L. Russell
Image: Overall, 2007.61.18_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: A large cuff formed from a single sheet of metal with irregular edges and rounded corners. The cuff features a small cut out on each side and is decorated with continuous wire that is bent and flattened in areas and pulled apart at the cuff's center. Patination is used to define the overlapping of the wire.

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