Clip-On Earrings

Clothing/Dress/Costume

New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Clip-On Earrings

Entry/Object ID

2011.702.1-2

Description

A pair of large, circular clip-on earrings. The earrings are covered in gold foil, and there is a faint oval pattern in the foil. There are also large, raised decorative stripes across the earrings, consisting of two gold stripes on the outside, two brown stripes inside them, and one gold stripe with smaller black stripes on the inside. The back of the earring has a golden metal clip with a white pad attached to it, for clipping onto the earlobes.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Earrings

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Metal

Color

Gold, Brown, Black, White

Made/Created

Time Period

20th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Earring

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Ornament, Ear

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Jewelry

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Adornments

Nomenclature Class

Adornment

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Diameter

1-5/8 in

Dimension Notes

Measurements are for both earrings.

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good