Bracelet Designer: R. J. Graziano (American, founded ca. 1978)

1985–90

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

R. J. Graziano was in the jewelry business for more than thirty years. He completed his first major collection in the late 1970s at the request of Bloomingdale's. The collection sold out and he soon began working with Lord & Taylor and Neiman Marcus as well. His jewelry is most often constructed with gold- or silver-plated base metals and plastics adorned with Swarovski Austrian clear and colored crystals, glass beads, and simulated semiprecious stones. This wide and faceted bracelet is characteristic of his bold and bulky style of costume jewelry from the mid-1980s.

Medium

Plastic and rhinestones

Dimensions

1 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (3.81 × 8.89 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler in honor of Leslie Davies

Accession Number

2012.28.12

Geography

Manufactured in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Jewelry

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 21, 2012), 18
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

bracelets (jewelry)

Marks

"R.J. Graziano" woven in white on a black fabric label affixed to the inside surface of the bracelet

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