Françoise van den Bosch
"Pillow" Brooch

"Pillow" Brooch
"Pillow" Brooch
"Pillow" Brooch
ArtistDutch, 1944–1977
FabricatorDutch, born 1950
CultureDutch
Titles
  • "Pillow" Brooch
DateDesigned 1976, made 1993
MediumAluminum with silver plate
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (12.7 × 5.7 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by friends of Barbara Paull in honor of her birthday
Object number2002.4135
Not on view

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Provenance[Museum Het Kruithuis shop, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands]; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Contemporary Dutch Design: Selections from the Museum's Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 19–November 25, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"SFvdB" stamped on side edge

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