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Catalog Level: item
Type: necklace
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Classification
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Terms:
decorative arts
jewelry
European art
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Titles or Names
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Text: Necklace
Preference: preferred
Type: repository
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Creation
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Creator Description: René Jules
Lalique (French, 1860-1945)
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Identity: Lalique, René Jules
Role: jeweler
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Creation Date:
ca. 1900
Earliest:
1895 Latest:
1905
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Measurements
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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)
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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
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Description: gold, enamel, Australian
opal, Siberian cabochon amethysts
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Material Names:
gold
opal
enamel
amethyst
Material Source Place: Siberia
Technique Names:
burnishing
casting
cabochoning
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Subject Matter
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Indexing Terms:
apparel
human figure
adornment
female
nude
swans
flowers
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Descriptive Note
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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.
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Citations: Metropolitan Museum of Art
online
Page: accessed 17 July 2006
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Current Location
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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
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Owner/Agent: Ledru-Lalique, Augustine-Alice
(French, died 1909)
Role: owner
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