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Artist1990s Sterling GardenOfTimePendants ForFreshFlowers Jewelers'Werk Necklace
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Created by a gallery-exhibited progressive artist in the 1990s to enable change over the course of time in a way that foreshadowed the current museum exhibition at TheMet "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion", this ingenious signed sterling-silver chain link collar necklace features eight convertible pink-gem-accented pendants whose interchangeable contents, such as fastened fresh flower heads, are up to you. It was acquired in the late 1990s from the U.S. avant-garde modern jewelry exhibition space Jewelers' Werk based in Washington D.C., which is printed on the included original black box with gold text. The versatile necklace that fastens with a handcrafted filigree floral clasp enables the wearer to choose from a wide variety of objects that can be pierced by the removable prong-set sparkly fuschia studs--from felt balls to folded origami paper--to attach to the likewise removable oxidized sterling cups.
The perhaps morganite or crystal studs, whose silver ends are not visible after affixing such objects, can be mixed or interchanged with your own earring stud(s) or dangling pieces to enable more movement when worn.
As shown in photos, a buyer can avoid the contact of such interchangeable objects with long hair by removing studded cups towards the back of the neck, whereby symmetrical sterling-stud fasteners that serve to link the chain necklace will discreetly remain. If the collector would like to use all of the sterling cups that surround the neck, one of their studs is missing its crystal, which can be replaced if entirely pink stones are preferred.
We photographed the necklace populated with fresh and dehydrating daisy heads, which slowly wilt or dry while worn. With inspiration from TheMet current museum exhibition featuring beautiful contemporary clothes designed to show the passage of time, along with some of its archived fragile fashion based on the fiction-inspired theme "The Garden Of Time", we suggest attaching flower heads in different stages of decay to call attention to how their form, texture and color transform within mere hours.
The artist who handcrafted this necklace, whose maker's mark is no longer recognizable, enables you to be just as creative.
We will polish the sterling before delivery upon request while the discolored spots are merely tarnish.
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- Dimensions:Diameter: 6 in (152.4 mm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1990s
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- Seller Location:Chicago, IL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3244220275052
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