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Necklace CDWA / Necklace

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type: necklace
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Classification Terms:
    decorative arts
    jewelry
    European art
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Titles or Names Text: Necklace
    Preference: preferred
    Type: repository
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Creation Creator Description: René Jules Lalique (French, 1860-1945) Free text
  Identity: Lalique, René Jules
Role: jeweler
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  Creation Date: ca. 1900
Earliest: 1895  Latest: 1905
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Measurements Dimensions Description: 24.1 cm (overall diameter) (9 1/2 inches); large pendants: (7 x 5.7 cm (height) (2 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches); small pendants: (3.5 x 3.2 cm (height) (1 3/8, x 1 1/4 inches) Free text
  Extent: overall
Value:
24.1 Unit: cm Type: diameter

Extent: large pendants
Value:
7 Unit: cm Type: height
Value: 5.7 Unit: cm Type: width

Extent: small pendants
Value:
3.5 Unit: cm Type: height
Value: 3.2 Unit: cm Type: width
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Materials and Techniques Description: gold, enamel, Australian opal, Siberian cabochon amethysts Free text
  Material Names:
          gold
          opal
          enamel
          amethyst
              Material Source Place:
Siberia

Technique Names:
         burnishing
         casting
         cabochoning
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Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
          apparel
          human figure
          adornment
          female
          nude
          swans
          flowers
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Descriptive Note Text: The repeating motif in this necklace is an attenuated female nude with stylized curling hair and arms that curve down to enclose enamel and gold swans and an oval cabochon amethyst. These motifs are separated by pendants set with fire opals mounted in swirling gold tendrils. Lalique differed from his contemporaries in preferring semi-precious stones to precious stones, and by using settings inspired by organic forms. He designed this necklace for his second wife, Augustine-Alice Ledru. Free text
  Citations: Metropolitan Museum of Art online
Page: accessed 17 July 2006
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Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, United States)
Repository Numbers: 1985.114
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Ownership/Collecting History Owner/Agent: Ledru-Lalique, Augustine-Alice (French, died 1909)
Role: owner
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Revised 25 February 2010