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Collections

Sharon Church
'Purple Heart' Brooch and Earrings2003

Not on view
Three-piece carved jewelry set in dark plum-brown material shaped as bat wings with gold and silver gemstone settings
Carved dark wood brooch in a symmetrical bat-wing form, with incised vein patterns and five gold collet settings holding small diamonds scattered across the surface.
Close-up of a scratched gold metal plaque mounted on dark wood, stamped with the text "CHURCH," "14K," and a copyright symbol, with two rounded metal fittings visible at top edge.
Artist or Maker
Sharon Church
United States, 1948-2022
Title
'Purple Heart' Brooch and Earrings
Date Made
2003
Medium
Purpleheart, gold, diamonds
Dimensions
Brooch: 3 × 3 × 1 1/4 in. (7.62 × 7.62 × 3.18 cm) Each earring: 2 1/8 × 1 1/8 × 7/8 in. (5.4 × 2.86 × 2.22 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2014.198.49.1-.2
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Mills, Rosie Chambers and Bobbye Tigerman. Beyond Bling: Contemporary Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.