Necklace
1800-1850 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This necklace was acquired in Switzerland and described as 17th century Swiss when it entered the Museum’s collections in 1870.
It is not a traditional Swiss design, and appears to have been put together from beads which are probably Italian in origin. The large hollow gold beads, decorated with applied wire rings and with a short tube at each end, are typical of the kind of bead used with traditional costume throughout mainland Italy and on Sardinia.
It is not a traditional Swiss design, and appears to have been put together from beads which are probably Italian in origin. The large hollow gold beads, decorated with applied wire rings and with a short tube at each end, are typical of the kind of bead used with traditional costume throughout mainland Italy and on Sardinia.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Coral and hollow gold beads with applied filigree decoration joined by strings of seed pearls |
| Brief description | Necklace of alternating coral and hollow gold beads joined by strings of seed pearls, Italy, 1800-1850. |
| Physical description | String of coral and two kinds of gold beads, hollow and filigree, mixed with seed pearls. There are seven hollow gold beads of varying size, decorated with applied rings of wire and a spiral wire round the circumference, which alternate with nine smooth round coral beads held in place by twin strands of seed pearls and small hollow or filigree gold beads. |
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| Summary | This necklace was acquired in Switzerland and described as 17th century Swiss when it entered the Museum’s collections in 1870. It is not a traditional Swiss design, and appears to have been put together from beads which are probably Italian in origin. The large hollow gold beads, decorated with applied wire rings and with a short tube at each end, are typical of the kind of bead used with traditional costume throughout mainland Italy and on Sardinia. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 183-1870 |
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| Record created | September 9, 2005 |
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