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This bracelet, designed by the award-winning architect Zaha Hadid for the Danish modernist firm Georg Jensen, combines the ingenuity of Hadid’s architectural designs with Jensen’s sleek silver jewelry. Hadid was the “Queen of the Curve,” and Jensen’s managing director, Meeling Wong, described “the curvilinear forms, organic silhouettes and sweeping lines that make up Hadid’s architectural DNA” as “ingrained within the collection.” Hadid called this bracelet the collection’s “defining piece.” The title is the plural of lamella, a word meaning thin layers. The twisted, textured bracelet miniaturized Hadid’s monumental building designs like the Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center in Azerbaijan, which was awarded “Design of the Year” by London’s Design Museum in 2014. Hadid died unexpectedly in March 2016, two weeks after the Georg Jensen x Zaha Hadid Lamellae Collection debuted at Baselworld in Switzerland.
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"Lamellae Twisted Cuff" bracelet
Danish
2016
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Length: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession Number2016.490
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Jewelry, Asia, Contemporary Art, Africa and Oceania
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Bracelets and armlets
This bracelet, designed by the award-winning architect Zaha Hadid for the Danish modernist firm Georg Jensen, combines the ingenuity of Hadid’s architectural designs with Jensen’s sleek silver jewelry. Hadid was the “Queen of the Curve,” and Jensen’s managing director, Meeling Wong, described “the curvilinear forms, organic silhouettes and sweeping lines that make up Hadid’s architectural DNA” as “ingrained within the collection.” Hadid called this bracelet the collection’s “defining piece.” The title is the plural of lamella, a word meaning thin layers. The twisted, textured bracelet miniaturized Hadid’s monumental building designs like the Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center in Azerbaijan, which was awarded “Design of the Year” by London’s Design Museum in 2014. Hadid died unexpectedly in March 2016, two weeks after the Georg Jensen x Zaha Hadid Lamellae Collection debuted at Baselworld in Switzerland.
DescriptionLarge architectural silver cuff bracelet with ribbed texture and twisted design. The architect-designer Zaha Hadid called this bracelet the “defining piece” of her Georg Jensen x Zaha Hadid collaboration, a collection of jewelry inspired by her work as an architect.
Provenance2016, sold by Georg Jensen, Inc., Chicago, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)