Robin Quigley
"Fringe" Necklace

"Fringe" Necklace

© Robin Quigley

"Fringe" Necklace
"Fringe" Necklace
ArtistAmerican, born 1947
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Fringe" Necklace
Date1985
MediumSterling silver and 24k gold
DimensionsOverall: 12 × 2 1/4 × 1/2 in. (30.5 × 5.7 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.4031
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Korun Kieli (The Language of Jewelry), 1964-1992," Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet, Gothenberg, Sweden, November 28, 1992–January 10, 1993; Taideteollisuusmuseo, Helsinki, March 12–April 12, 1995.

"Schmuck Unserer Zeit, 1964-1993, Sammlung Helen Williams Drutt, USA," Museum Bellerive, Zürich, February 10–May 1, 1994.

"A Moveable Feast: Helen Williams Drutt Collection 1964-1994," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, November 18, 1994–January 8, 1995; Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostend, Belgium; June 17–September 24, 1995.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
3 makers marks, a Q, a swan, and a hand, are stamped on the clasp of this necklace.

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Earrings
Robin Quigley
1985
14k gold, sterling silver, acrylic, acetate, epoxy resin, and 24k gold leaf
2002.4030.A,.B
"Fringe" Bracelet
Robin Quigley
1983
Sterling silver, 14k gold, iron, silver, brass and copper
2002.4029
Triangular Pin / Pendant #1
Robin Quigley
1978
14k gold, sterling silver, acrylic, epoxy resin, and gold leaf
2002.4025.A,.B
Watermelon Pin #2
Robin Quigley
1977
Sterling silver, 14k gold, gold leaf, copper, acrylic, and epoxy resin
2002.4024
Knotted Heart Brooch #1
Robin Quigley
1977
Sterling silver, gold leaf, copper, acrylic, and epoxy resin
2002.4023
Brooch
Robin Quigley
1982
Sterling silver, 14k gold, carnelian, and black coral
2002.4027
Necklace
Unknown Indonesian
late 18th–early 19th century
Gold
2006.539
"Wunderkammer" Necklace
Jennifer Trask
2007
Sterling silver, 18k, 22k, and 24k gold, copper, shakudo, steel, ivory, hematite, carnelian, garnet, hessonite, moonstones, butterfly wings, pandora moth wings, dragonfly and cranefly wings, feathers, snakeskin, glass eyes of fish and reptiles, eyeshadow made of fish scales, gold powder, mica powder, bronze powder, gold and mica flakes, crushed shells, bronze shavings, ficus leaf, and rust
2009.1660.1
Pendant
Miyé Matsukata
1971
24k gold, sterling silver, and Mayan bone artifact
2002.3948.A,.B
Bracelet
Robin Quigley
1982
Epoxy resin inlay and sterling silver
2002.4026
Brooch
Robin Quigley
1982
Sterling silver and epoxy resin
2002.4028
Necklace
Unknown Indonesian
17th–19th century
Gold
2004.2305