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Necklace

Necklace

  • Place of origin:

    Vicenza, Italy (made)

  • Date:

    1983-1984 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Marco Zanini, born 1954 (designer)
    Munari, Cleto (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Yellow gold, white gold, coral, turquoise, chrysoprase and lapis lazuli

  • Museum number:

    M.27-2010

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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In 1982, the luxury art producer Cleto Munari, based in Vicenza, Italy, initiated a range of jewellery designed by prominent architects and designers to complement its existing collections of silver. This necklace with its matching ring was designed by Marco Zanini, best known for his glass and ceramics, who had worked with Etore Sottsass from the late 1970s and was a founder member of the Memphis group.

Physical description

A rigid circlet of tubular gold with a stylised twig of white gold projecting from the front. The branched ends of the twig terminate in cylinders of coral, turquoise and chrysoprase, and a rectangular piece of lapis lazuli.

Place of Origin

Vicenza, Italy (made)

Date

1983-1984 (made)

Artist/maker

Marco Zanini, born 1954 (designer)
Munari, Cleto (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Yellow gold, white gold, coral, turquoise, chrysoprase and lapis lazuli

Marks and inscriptions

Unmarked

Dimensions

Diameter: 227 mm, Height: 260 mm, Depth: 20 mm

Descriptive line

Necklace, yellow and white gold, with coral, black onyx, turquoise and chrysoprase, designed by Marco Zanini for Cleto Munari, Vicenza, 1983-4.

Exhibition History

Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990 (Victoria and Albert Museum 24/09/2011-15/01/2012)

Materials

Gold; Coral; Turquoise; Lapis lazuli; Chrysoprase

Categories

Metalwork; Jewellery

Collection code

MET

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