Ronald Hayes Pearson | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Disinguished metalsmith and jeweler Ronald Hayes Pearson was born in 1924 and studied Pole Science at the University of Wisconsin. After serving in the Merchant Marine Corps for five years during World War II, Pearson began his artistic training at the School for American Craftsmen at the Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.). He attended for only one semester but continued his artistic career by setting up his own shop. At this time, he became interested in metal spinning and, ultimately, creating jewelry. Along with three other craftsmen he opened Shop One, in Rochester, New York, the first shop owned by practicing craftsmen devoted exclusively to the retail of unique craft items. Pearson later become... more.

We have one object that Ronald Hayes Pearson has been involved with.

A rigid silver necklace worn close to the neck with an elegant flattened line that increases in width as the line transforms into a loop. The inner negative space takes the form of a tear drop and the finish is shiny. The necklace has an opening in the back.

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