Brooch
ca. 1975 (made)
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This brooch, with its stylised depiction of pine trees and their reflections in water, interprets the beauty of the landscape in an abstract form. The asymmetry of the piece, its textured surfaces and apparent fragmentation in places, are typical of innovative and individual work made by jewellers who continued to use traditional materials while exploring new ideas and visual effects during the late 1960s and 1970s.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Gold with diamonds and pearls |
| Brief description | Brooch of gold, diamonds and pearls, made in Germany ca. 1975. |
| Physical description | Gold brooch consisting of two irregular semi-circles decorated with a pattern of chevrons that resembles four pine trees by a lake shore and their reflection below. Between the two sections is a narrow horizontal strip of gold which on the right divides into three curving strands each ending with a diamond, and on the left terminates with a small grey and small white pearl. |
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| Credit line | Given by Joan Hurst through Art Fund |
| Summary | This brooch, with its stylised depiction of pine trees and their reflections in water, interprets the beauty of the landscape in an abstract form. The asymmetry of the piece, its textured surfaces and apparent fragmentation in places, are typical of innovative and individual work made by jewellers who continued to use traditional materials while exploring new ideas and visual effects during the late 1960s and 1970s. |
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| Accession number | M.24-2006 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2008 |
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