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Object NameNecklace

Maker Jan Matthesius (b. 1950)

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Date1990

Techniqueground, sandblasted, acid-etched

SizeL: 38.5 cm, W: 31 cm (varys per arrangement)

Accession Number92.3.10

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Gottschalk/Betz Gallerie)

Place Made

Netherlands

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass (matte finish), black rubber, metallic gold; glass sections are ground on the edges, sandblasted, acid-etched; rubber sections pulled through drilled holes in glass; gold leaf adhered with Mixtonia Dorer Clarifiée. Necklace comprised of fifteen irregular non-identical pieces of slightly curved window glass, each section has polished edges, matte finish and decorated with scattered minute gold dots on both sides; sections connected by thin lengths of black rubber cord with tapered ends passed through drilled holes at ends of each overlapping section.
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