ID: 700000115 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000115	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Necklace (necklace; René Jules Lalique (French, 1860-1945); ca. 1897/1899; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 1985.114;)

Note: Lalique designed this powerfully evocative necklace for his second wife, Augustine-Alice Ledru, around the turn of the century. The repeats of the main motif — an attenuated female nude whose highly stylized curling hair swirls around her head and whose arms sensuously curve down to become a border enclosing enamel-and-gold swans and an oval cabochon amethyst — are separated by pendants set with fire opals mounted in swirling gold tendrils. Lalique avoided using precious stones and the conservatively classical settings favored by other leading jewelers of the time. Rather, he combined semiprecious stones with such materials as enamel, horn, ivory, coral, rock crystal, and irregularly shaped Baroque pearls in settings of organic inspiration, frequently accentuated by asymmetrical curves or elaborate flourishes.

Titles:

Necklace (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

necklace [300046001] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), costume accessories, worn costume accessories, jewelry, <jewelry by location>, jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body)

Classifications:

jewelry / ornament (preferred)

decorative arts

European art

Creation Date: ca. 1897/1899

Creator Display:

René Jules Lalique (French, 1860-1945) [preferred,VP]

jeweler Lalique, René (French designer, 1860-1945) [500063396]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1985.114

Credit Line: Gift of Lillian Nassau, 1985

Display Materials: gold, enamel, opals, amethysts

	gold (metal) [300011021]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <gold and gold alloy>)

	opal [300011129]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral)

	enamel (fused coating) [300014910]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>)

	amethyst (mineral) [300011133]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral, quartz (mineral))

	burnishing (polishing) [300053869]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <finishing and refinishing processes>, finishing (process), polishing)

	casting (process) [300053104]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, forming (physical activity))

	cabochoning [300266072]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, forming (physical activity))

Dimensions: Overall diam. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); 9 large pendants: 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (7 x 5.7 cm); 9 small pendants: 1 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. (3.5 x 3.2 cm)

General Subject:

apparel (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	adornment (object genre) [300266794]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by function>) (AAT)

	human females [300025943]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	nude (representation) [300189568]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations)) (AAT)

	swans (genus) [300250103]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Aves (class), Anseriformes (order), Anatidae (family)) (AAT)

	flowers (plant materials) [300264247]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material) (AAT)

Provenance: Augustine-Alice Ledru Lalique, Paris (in 1900); Georges Charbonneaux, Reims (in 1901); Laforêt, Paris; Lillian Nassau, New York (1960s–85; jointly with MMA, 1985–d. 1996; her bequest to MMA)

Inscriptions: Signed (on lower edge of three elements): LALIQUE

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Necklace	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/483898

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 17 July 2006