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Optik Art Jewellery

Necklace
1963-1965 (designed and made)
Artist/Maker
Ramshaw, Wendy (designer)
Watkins, David (designer)
Place of origin
London (made)

Screen-printed acrylic (perspex) and base metal pendant necklace. Clear perspex square screen-printed with black optical design and suspended from a thin base metal chain.


Object details

Categories
Jewellery
Plastic
Fashion
Womenswear
Accessories
Object type
Necklace
TitleOptik Art Jewellery (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Screen-printed acrylic and base metal
Acrylic
Base Metal
Screen Printing
Brief description
Screen-printed perspex and base metal pendant necklace 'Optik Art Jewellery', designed by Wendy Ramshaw and David Watkins, London, 1963-1965
Physical description
Screen-printed acrylic (perspex) and base metal pendant necklace. Clear perspex square screen-printed with black optical design and suspended from a thin base metal chain.
Credit line
Given by the designers
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.338I-1982

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Record createdApril 26, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1194610/optik-art-jewellery-necklace-ramshaw-wendy/
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