NECKLACES WITH THEMES AND ARTIFACTS OF EUROPEAN CULTURES:
Surprise!
Now on display at the
Richard H. Driehuas Museum
gift shop in Chicago!
Available for purchase to help
support the museum.
#1702
Small necklace with antique silver centerpieces from the Jugendstil period - beads of silver, lapis lazuli, emerald, and amazonite.
Notes:
Jugendstil was an artistic movement, particularly in the decorative arts, that was influential primarily in Germany and elsewhere in Europe to a lesser extent from about 1895 until about 1910. It was the German counterpart of
Art Nouveau.
#1701
Collar with three antique Italian micro-mosaics
scenes of Rome
(the Pantheon and two views of a square with an obelisk) all set in 14k rose gold. Beads are of black spinel, 14k gold, blue agate, and antique Venetian glass.
Notes:
The design includes a view of the seven hills of Rome seen through a colonnade.
#1163
A necklace with mid 20th century marcasite pieces. Also including fine silver beads from Bali, and beads of spinel, and black onyx.
Notes:
The necklace was originally made in 1995 with marcasite pieces collected by the artist’s mother during the 1940’s and 50’s.
