Bracelet for a Car Mechanic
Bracelet
1997 (made)
1997 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Ted Noten is an influential conceptual jeweller who has taught widely in Europe. His biography details time as a bricklayer and a psychiatric nurse before training at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam. This bracelet, made from prefabricated interlocking spanners of graded sizes, illustrates his inventiveness and humour.
This bracelet is one of forty-five pieces of jewellery given to the V&A from the collection of the late Louise Klapisch.
This bracelet is one of forty-five pieces of jewellery given to the V&A from the collection of the late Louise Klapisch.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Bracelet for a Car Mechanic (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Gold-plated aluminium |
| Brief description | Bracelet of interlocking spanners, gold-plated aluminium, designed and made by Ted Noten, Netherlands, 1997 |
| Physical description | A band of interlocking ready-made spanners of different sizes, plated in gold. The bracelet is hinged between each spanner and opens between the 7mm and 6mm spanner by unscrewing the bolt behind the latter. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | TN / 1997
6M/M 11M/M 10M/M 9M/M 8M/M 7M/M (on clasp) |
| Credit line | The Louise Klapisch Collection, given by Suzanne Selvi |
| Summary | Ted Noten is an influential conceptual jeweller who has taught widely in Europe. His biography details time as a bricklayer and a psychiatric nurse before training at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam. This bracelet, made from prefabricated interlocking spanners of graded sizes, illustrates his inventiveness and humour. This bracelet is one of forty-five pieces of jewellery given to the V&A from the collection of the late Louise Klapisch. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.41-2014 |
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| Record created | June 11, 2014 |
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