Necklace
1988 (made)
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Gerda Flöckinger is one of the leading artist-jewellers in Britain. Born in Innsbruck, Austria, in 1927, she emigrated to Britain in 1938. She studied fine art at St Martin's School of Art, and jewellery and enamels at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. On leaving in 1956, she took the then highly unusual decision to work as an independent designer and maker. In 1962 she established the pioneering course in experimental jewellery at Hornsey School of Art where many of the next generation of British artist-jewellers were taught.
This necklace from 1988 is a superb example of the fused gold surfaces, their sumptuous texture overlaid with a delicate tracery of swirling craters and bubbles, that typify her work. The influence of nature, and of Gustav Klimt and the Viennese Secession are all apparent in her work, which delights and surprises with its spontenaiety of form and exquisite sense of colour.
This necklace from 1988 is a superb example of the fused gold surfaces, their sumptuous texture overlaid with a delicate tracery of swirling craters and bubbles, that typify her work. The influence of nature, and of Gustav Klimt and the Viennese Secession are all apparent in her work, which delights and surprises with its spontenaiety of form and exquisite sense of colour.
Object details
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| Brief description | Gold necklace set with diamonds, cultured pearls and amber, designed and made by Gerda Flöckinger, England 1988. |
| Physical description | A series of twenty-five gold discs, each with fused surface texture and with a scattering of coloured diamonds, gold granules and circular holes. The discs, some singly and some paired, are interspersed with blue-grey cultured pearls. The clasp is formed of two domed pieces of amber set in gold. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | GF and flower symbol |
| Credit line | Private Collection |
| Object history | The necklace was originally made for the Sotheby's Decorative Arts Award Exhibition, held at Sotheby's Bond Street, London, in August 1988. |
| Summary | Gerda Flöckinger is one of the leading artist-jewellers in Britain. Born in Innsbruck, Austria, in 1927, she emigrated to Britain in 1938. She studied fine art at St Martin's School of Art, and jewellery and enamels at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. On leaving in 1956, she took the then highly unusual decision to work as an independent designer and maker. In 1962 she established the pioneering course in experimental jewellery at Hornsey School of Art where many of the next generation of British artist-jewellers were taught. This necklace from 1988 is a superb example of the fused gold surfaces, their sumptuous texture overlaid with a delicate tracery of swirling craters and bubbles, that typify her work. The influence of nature, and of Gustav Klimt and the Viennese Secession are all apparent in her work, which delights and surprises with its spontenaiety of form and exquisite sense of colour. |
| Other number | GF 777 - serial number |
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| Accession number | LOAN:MET ANON.6-2011 |
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| Record created | August 5, 2011 |
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