<I>"Hanging Gardens"</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1969
name: label: Created by
content: Art Smith, American, 1917 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: This is the “Hanging Gardens" ring designed and created by Art Smith. The ring’s wide sterling silver band has a large bridge. The head of the ring is made of three flattened plates of sterling silver, stacked on top one another and decreasing in size to the top. The polished and oval-shaped brownish-red gemstone horizontally set in a bezel setting, encased in metal overlapping the edges of the gemstone, and lays atop the stacking. The ring has one hallmark on the bridge, 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: Ring 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
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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: 2023.12.13
objectType: label: Type
content: finger rings
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: sterling silver with carnelian
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 1/4 × 1 × 1 in. (3.2 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm)