<I>"Platelet"</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1947
name: label: Created by
content: Art Smith, American, 1917 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: This is the “Platelet" cuff designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The nickel-silver cuff is comprised of five rectangular shaped plates with organic cutout edges, with two differing in texture. The plates are held together with two attachment rings on each side. Some plates have extra holes next to the attachment rings. The cuff closes with a flat, circular box clasp placed on one of the end plates while the other end plate has a hole. The cuff has one hallmark on the end plate with the hold, Smith’s signature [Art Smith].
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Cuff by Art Smith
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Classification
content: Jewelry and Adornment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Russell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.12.23
objectType: label: Type
content: bracelets (jewelry)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: nickel silver
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 3 1/4 × 3 × 2 1/2 in. (8.3 × 7.6 × 6.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open): 3 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (8.3 × 15.9 × 6.4 cm)