Object Timeline

1940

  • Work on this object began.

1970

  • Work on this object ended.

1990

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Bracelet

This is a bracelet. It was made by Francisco Rebajes. It is dated ca. 1950–60 and we acquired it in 1990. Its medium is copper. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Gift of Eitel and Frances Groeschke in memory of Pauline and Frank Rebajes.

  • FOREVERRING Ring, 2007
  • hammered and patinated copper.
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2017-4-1

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 6.5 x 6 x 5 cm (2 9/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Signed on edge: Rebajes (the S sideways)

Cite this object as

Bracelet; Made by Francisco Rebajes (American, b. Dominican Republic, 1907 - 1990); copper; H x W x D: 6.5 x 6 x 5 cm (2 9/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 15/16 in.); Gift of Eitel and Frances Groeschke in memory of Pauline and Frank Rebajes; 1990-108-4

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