Advanced Search 
Woman's suite of jewelry in three parts (necklace and earrings)
Italian
1972
Medium/Technique
Papier mache (?) and glass
Dimensions
Necklace: Length x height x depth: 40.5 x 13.5 x 0.5 cm (15 15/16 x 5 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Earrings: Height x width x depth: 6.5 x 1.5 x 1.7 cm (2 9/16 x 9/16 x 11/16 in.)
Earrings: Height x width x depth: 6.5 x 1.5 x 1.7 cm (2 9/16 x 9/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Karen and Michael Rotenberg
Accession Number2010.316.1-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Jewelry, Contemporary Art
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Sets
DescriptionThe necklace of this suite is made of black paper mache disks, squares, and diamond with central colored and clear glass inlays. From the neck band of disks with a central element in the shape of a partitioned oval are suspended loops and fringes of the shaped elements. Each white metal clip earring consists of a vertically hanging black disk, square, and diamond which like the matching necklace is made of black paper mache with glass inlays.
Provenance1972, purchased by Karen Rotenberg, Boston, in Italy; gift of Rotenberg and her husband Michael to the MFA (Accession date: April 14, 2010)