Necklace
Betty Cooke
(American, born in 1924)
about 1959
Object PlaceBaltimore, Maryland
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOverall: 26.7 x 18.4 x 1.3 cm (10 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 1/2 in.)
Credit LineThe Daphne Farago Collection
Accession number2006.102
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
American studio jewelers of the late 1950s and early 1960s such as Betty Cooke created jewelry that reflects the contemporary fascination with modern science through the use of clean, spare forms suggesting constellations, atoms, or orbiting planets.
ProvenanceMobilia Gallery, Daphne Farago, November 17, 1994 Daphne Farago; to MFA, 2006, gift of Daphne Farago.
CopyrightCopyright © 1959 Betty Cooke
