<I>Paisley</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1952
name: label: Created by
content: Art Smith, American, 1917 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: This is the Paisley earrings, a pair of dangle earrings designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. Each earring is made of two brass wires, one shaped into a large paisley outline with the other wire placed on top and shaped into a smaller paisley outline. From the top of the earring to the center of the smaller paisley is a brass wire with a brass sphere at the end of it. Each earring has a screw backing where the backing is twisted on a threaded post. A hallmark is above each backing, stamped with 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: Earrings 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: 2023.12.18ab
objectType: label: Type
content: earrings
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: brass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (each): 2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (5.1 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm)