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Floral pâte de verre necklace
French
1990–1999
Medium/Technique
Gilt metal, glass
Dimensions
Length x width at widest point: 53.3 × 3.8 cm (21 × 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession Number2018.3876
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Jewelry, Contemporary Art
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionThis necklace features overlapping, pink, green, and blue pâte de verre, or poured glass, flowers with prong-set rhinestone centers, set in gilt-wire rope frames. Each flower is wire-mounted on an articulated gilt metal base composed of five curved pieces which are textured to resemble branches or vines. The necklace fastens around the neck with a hook clasp and a pink, poured glass bead is suspended from the extension chain.
ProvenanceBetween about 1970s and 2018, acquired by Carole Tanenbaum, Toronto, Ontario [see note]; 2018, gift of Carole Tanenbaum to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)
NOTE: This is part of a large collection of costume jewelry given to the MFA in 2018, which had been built over about 40 years.
NOTE: This is part of a large collection of costume jewelry given to the MFA in 2018, which had been built over about 40 years.