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"Sleeping Beauty" necklace
Giuliana Michelotti (Born in Italy (worked in the United States))
American
2008
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Gold (24 kt), turquoise, and vermeil
Dimensions
Diameter x length: 22 x 68.5 cm (8 11/16 x 26 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number2008.1045
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Contemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionThe turquoise in this necklace comes from Sleeping Beauty Mountain in Globe, Arizona. The term Sleeping Beauty turquoise refers to a unique variety of turquoise that is 'matrix-free,' with no veining. Sleeping Beauty turquoise occurs in association with granite host-rock. The color range for 'Sleeping Beauty' is a dark 'Royal Blue' to a light 'Sky Blue.' In this case, oval turqoise beads have been highlighted by fragments of 24 kt gold leaf that have been attached to depressed areas on the stone. The vermail clasp is the artist's hand-wrought initials.
Signed
The vermeil clasp incorporates the stylized initials (GM) of the maker
Provenance2008, private collection, New York; 2008, gift to MFA (October 22, 2008).