ID: 700008626 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008626	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

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

Note: 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. He 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.

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)

Creation Date: ca. 1897/1899

Creator Display:

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

artist 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>)

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

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

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

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)

Events:

exhibition: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, June 8 - October 15, 1995 Montréal [7013051] (Québec province (province), Canada (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet))

exhibition: Walters Art Gallery, November 19, 1985 - January 5,1986 Baltimore [7013352] (Baltimore Independent City (county), Maryland (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet))

exhibition: Musée Luxembourg, March 7-July 29, 2007 Luxembourg [7006254] (Luxembourg (canton), Luxembourg (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet))

General Subject:

apparel (preferred)

decorative arts

Specific Subjects:

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

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-)

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

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