Bracelet
Cara Croninger
(American, born in 1939)
about 1983
Object PlaceNew York, New York, United States
Medium/TechniquePolyester resin
DimensionsOverall: 8.6 x 12.1 x 7 cm (3 3/8 x 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit LineThe Daphne Farago Collection
Accession number2006.112
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
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Jewelry designers began to experiment with plastic soon after its invention in the late nineteenth century. This fascination continued in the 1940s, when artists investigated the properties of Plexiglas, and in the 1960s, when designers combined acrylic with precious metals such as gold. By the 1980s, some jewelers defied the notion of plastic as a mass-produced industrial material by using time-intensive techniques and hand labor to form plastic jewelry. Cara Croninger first cast her bracelet from polyester resin, then hand-finished and carved the piece to create a bold, luminous sculptural form.
Inscriptionsscratched interior: "1983/ (illegible signature)"ProvenanceBy 2006, Daphne Farago; 2006, gift of Daphne Farago to the MFA (Accession date:January 25, 2006)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
20th century
