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Machine Age Galalith necklace

(French, 1877–1922)
1930–1937
Country of Origin, for CustomsFrance
Medium/TechniqueChrome, plastic (Galalith)
DimensionsLength: 40 cm (15 3/4 in.)
Height x width: 8.5 × 8 cm (3 3/8 × 3 1/8 in.) Pendant
Credit LineGift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession number2018.4066
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Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBetween about 1970s and 2018, acquired by Carole Tanenbaum, Toronto, Ontario [see note]; 2018, gift of Carole Tanenbaum to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)

NOTE: This is part of a large collection of costume jewelry given to the MFA in 2018, which had been built over about 40 years.
Jakob Bengel
1930–1939
Auguste Bonaz
1910–1925
House of Saint Laurent
1970–1979
Jakob Bengel
1933
Schreiber and Hiller
1930–1939