Artist:

Bruce Metcalf, American, b. 1949  Search this

Medium:

Maple, electroformed copper, brass, silver, carved Plexiglas, Delrin, gold leaf

Dimensions:

a: 12 x 9.5 x 2.3 cm (4 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 7/8 in.)

b: 4 x 2.5 x 1 cm (1 9/16 x 1 x 3/8 in.)

c: 24 x 24 x 6 cm (9 7/16 x 9 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

Type:

jewelry

Decorative Arts

Brooch with holder

Object Name:

Brooch with holder

Made in:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Date:

1997

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Brooch composed of two components: gold leaf-covered carved maple form of human-like figure with leafy head, in a running stance and holding weeding fork (a); the other, a dandelion (b). Stand (c) in the form of a shadow box frame; brooch parts a and b hang on metal posts positioned so that the figure appears to be chasing the dandelion.

Credit Line:

Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Sarah Cooper- Hewitt Funds

Accession Number:

1998-14-1-a/c

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4867d1ba6-067b-44cc-9f3c-1242caa0ec7c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1998-14-1-a_c