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The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

The style of the setting and use of filigree wires inspired by antique Greek garnet jewellery.

The colourful and flamboyant jewellery of the 1820s and 1830s could be set with up to a dozen different stones within a rich gold and coloured gold framework. Special manufacturing techniques and decorative effects were used to achieve an expensive finish using smaller amounts of gold. Although lightly made, this opulent jewellery looked heavier than earlier Neo-classical work.

The highly ornate filigree work of spirals (cannetille) and granules (grainti) added an appealing relief texture, but it was more popular on mainland Europe than in England, where clients preferred more substantial areas of plain gold.

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  • Title: Necklace
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1830/1839
  • Location: France
  • Physical Dimensions: Length: 40.8 cm unclasped, Height: 20.5 cm fastened, Width: 19.5 cm fastened, Depth: 0.6 cm
  • Provenance: Cory Bequest
  • Medium: Gold filigree wire and garnets
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