Peter Macchiarini (American, 1909–2001). Brooch, ca. 1955. Brass, copper, silver, wood, ivory (?), 4 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 3/4 in. (12.1 x 5.7 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. H. A. Metzger, by exchange, 2012.33. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2012.33_PS9.jpg)
Peter Macchiarini (American, 1909–2001). Brooch, ca. 1955. Brass, copper, silver, wood, ivory (?), 4 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 3/4 in. (12.1 x 5.7 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. H. A. Metzger, by exchange, 2012.33. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2012.33_mark_PS9.jpg)
Brooch
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Brass, copper, silver, wood, ivory (?)
DATES
ca. 1955
DIMENSIONS
4 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 3/4 in. (12.1 x 5.7 x 1.9 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Stamped on back: "MACCHIARINI"
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
2012.33
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. H. A. Metzger, by exchange
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A brooch of constructivist design. The central horizontal silver bar, capped with a small brass cylinder and topped with an ivory button, acts as a frame for the brass, copper and wood elements. A polished wooden semi-circle inscribed within a brass band is set onto a perforated brass rectangular sheet with a slightly curved top. Below is a sheet of solid brass cut in an abstract triangular pattern, decorated with a shallow brass cylinder and set onto a second rectangular sheet of perforated brass. Various applied squares, elongated rectangles and a small triangle in copper, decorated with a shallow brass cylinder topped with wood, are set onto the triangular brass template. The whole is set with a silver pin on the reverse secured with a roll-over clasp.
CONDITION:
Overall good condition.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Peter Macchiarini (American, 1909–2001). Brooch, ca. 1955. Brass, copper, silver, wood, ivory (?), 4 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 3/4 in. (12.1 x 5.7 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. H. A. Metzger, by exchange, 2012.33. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2012.33_PS9.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 2012.33_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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