Bakelite Necklace
date: label: date made
content: 1930-1940
name: label: used by
content: Sieverts, June Ayres Lane
notes: label: Description
content: This is a bakelite bowtie brooch made between 1930-1940. Bakelite jewelry reached the height of its popularity in the 1930s as an inexpensive form of costume jewelry. Dr. Leo Bakeland patented bakelite in 1907 and it caught on quickly because it could be molded into many shapes while also being very lightweight and durable. Bakelite lost favor during WWII and became nearly obsolete in the post-war period due to the rise of other more flexible plastics.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: American Enterprise
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Patsy Katz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0038.025
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0038.025
label: accession number
content: 1996.0038
objectType: label: Object Name
content: necklace
label: Object Type
content: Accessories Worn on the Body
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Necklace
label: Object Type
content: Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Bakelite (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cord (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 in; 76.2 cm