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"Modern Cuff" Bracelet

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Decorative Art, 4th Floor
MEDIUM Silver
DATES designed ca. 1948
DIMENSIONS 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 x 4 in. (4.1 x 6.4 x 10.2 cm) mount: 10 1/8 × 6 × 6 in. (25.7 × 15.2 × 15.2 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS Impressed on back: "Art Smith"
INSCRIPTIONS "9" written in ink on inside.
ACCESSION NUMBER 2007.61.15
CREDIT LINE Gift of Charles L. Russell
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION A large cuff formed from a single sheet of metal with rounded corners that is cut nearly in half and bent in opposite directions. Three silver wires with flattened ends are soldered to the back of each section of the cuff and bent in opposite directions to pierce the top spine. Patination is used on the solid sections of the cuff to define the overlapping wires.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Decorative Art, 4th Floor
CAPTION Art Smith (American, born Cuba, 1917-1982). "Modern Cuff" Bracelet, designed ca. 1948. Silver, 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 x 4 in. (4.1 x 6.4 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Charles L. Russell, 2007.61.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007.61.15_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 2007.61.15_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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RIGHTS STATEMENT copyright transferred to Brooklyn Museum by Charles L. Russell
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