Bakelite Earrings
name: label: maker
content: Trifari
notes: label: Description
content: The “Trifari” inscription on these bakelite and ormolu earrings is that of Gustavo Trifari (1893-1952), a goldsmith from Naples who arrived in the United States in 1904 and became an important designer of costume jewelry.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Italian Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Vivian Powers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0072.01
label: accession number
content: 1994.0072
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0072.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Earrings
label: Object Name
content: Bakelite Earrings
label: Object Type
content: Earrings
label: Object Type
content: Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic, bakelite (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ormolu (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 cm x 1.2 cm x 5.1 cm; in x 1/2 in x 2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall; each: 3/8 in x 1 in x 1 1/8 in; .9525 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.8575 cm