<I>Double Loop</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1956
name: label: Created by
content: Art Smith, American, 1917 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: This is the Double Loop ring designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The ring is made of a single sterling silver wire flattened and twisted into two loops to create two bands with one inside the other. The base of both bands are rounded while the bridge of the internal band is vertically flat and the outer band is horizontally flat. There are two differently shaped gemstones placed on top of the horizontally flat band: a green cabochon of nephrite in a marquise shape and an orange-red cabochon of cornelian in an oval shape. Both gems are set in a bezel setting, each encased in metal overlapping the edges of the gemstone. The ring has one hallmark on the inside of the base, 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
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: 2023.12.4
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 nephrite and cornelian
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 1/4 × 1 1/8 × 1/4 in. (3.2 × 2.9 × 0.6 cm)