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Micromosaic Necklace
ca. 18401 x 16 15/16 x 3/8 in. (2.5 x 43 x 1 cm)
Italian artist
Italy
Object Type:
Jewelry
Medium and Support:
Glass, gold and onyx
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Mary Wright
Accession Number:
1929.79a
Location: Not currently on view
This intricate souvenir jewelry set features 15 different Roman architectural wonders commonly visited by Grand Tourists, including the Pantheon, the Colosseum, St. Peter’s, the Forum Romanum, and the Column of Trajan. The small scenes are produced in micromosaic, using tiny oblong tesserae of glass and stone in numbers up to 1,400 per square inch. Micromosaic jewelry remained fashionable in Europe through the mid-1870s.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Adornment - Ancient/Modern 3/18/2009 - 6/22/2009
- It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG's Collection 3/17/2013 - 6/9/2013
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It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue
Entry for this artwork in the It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue. The exhibition ran from March 17-June 9, 2013