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Mosaic bracelet
Stefano Marchetti (Italian, born in 1970)
Italian
2013
Medium/Technique
Silver, copper, and gold
Dimensions
Other: 7 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm (2 3/4 x 2 9/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Nancy Adams and Scott Schoen, Lynn Dale and Frank Wisneski, Megan O’Block, Jacqueline Togut, Theresa Baybutt, Susan Esco Chandler, Betsy P. Demirjian, Joy and Douglas Kant and the Fashion Council, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Accession Number2015.900
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Jewelry, Contemporary Art
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Bracelets and armlets
DescriptionSquare silver, gold, and copper bracelet that is made of small silver and copper triangles that the artist carefully cut and soldered from wire, and inlayed to form a mosaic-like pattern. The bracelet was then polished, filed, and hammered into its final square form. The artist describes the technique as being related to both murrina, a technique typically employed by glass artists to add color, and the Japanese technique mokumé gane, which creates a wood grain pattern on metal.
Provenance2013, made by Stefano Marchetti, Italy; 2015, sold by Marchetti to the MFA. (Accession date: March 18, 2015)