Brooch (USA)

Robert Ebendorf

1980

copper, silver, bronze, brass, 14k gold

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A square brooch features a dark, irregular outer frame surrounding a central square panel. Within this panel, a textured, dark fragment with incised lines is mounted over a grid pattern. A square brooch features a dark, irregular outer frame surrounding a central square panel. Within this panel, a textured, dark fragment with incised lines is mounted over a grid pattern. A square brooch features a dark, irregular outer frame surrounding a central square panel. Within this panel, a textured, dark fragment with incised lines is mounted over a grid pattern. Flat brooch is square, with base of hammered patinated sheet copper with irregular edges. Applied over base is square of silver engraved with grid pattern. Center of silver pierced with square; applied over piercing is irregular form etched, engraved and patinated w