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Autumn Leaves Brooch

Maker: Art Smith, American, 1917-1982
Medium: Gold, jade
Place Made: New York, New York, USA
Dates: 1974
Dimensions: 1/2 x 3 x 1 3/4 in. (1.3 x 7.6 x 4.4 cm)
Markings: Impressed on back: "Art Smith"
Inscriptions: "41" written in ink on verso.
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Special Exhibition Gallery, 4th Floor
Accession Number: 2007.61.19
Credit Line: Gift of Charles L. Russell
Image: Overall, 2007.61.19_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: An asymmetrical horizontal brooch composed of small triangular gold elements of varying sizes clustered around a large, central green-and-gold mottled oval cabouchon stone. The triangular elements are soldered onto short wires that radiate from the stone's setting.

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