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Title:Necklace
Design House:Schiaparelli (French, founded 1927)
Designer:Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973)
Maker:Jean Clemént (French, 1900–1949)
Date:fall/winter 1938–39
Culture:French
Medium:synthetic, metal
Credit Line:Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 1955
Object Number:2009.300.1234
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