Afra Bianchin Scarpa
"Hokusai" Necklace

"Hokusai" Necklace
"Hokusai" Necklace
"Hokusai" Necklace
DesignerItalian, born 1935
CultureItalian
Titles
  • "Hokusai" Necklace
Datedesigned 2003, made 2007
Made inMilan, Italy
MediumSterling silver
Dimensions15 3/4 diameter × 3/8 in. (40 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMargo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection, gift of Margo Grant Walsh
Object number2014.55
Non exposé

Explore Further

Provenance[San Lorenzo Studio, Milan, 2007]; purchased by Margo Grant Walsh; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History“Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 15–August 3, 2008; Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, September 12, 2008–January 25, 2009.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Maker's marks: (?), "925" (encircled), Profile of Face, "G" (encircled), "ats" (encircled), "San Lorenzo"

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

"Moretta" Carafe
Afra Bianchin Scarpa
designed 1990, made 2004
Sterling silver and parcel gilt
2014.41
Partial Tea Service
Afra Bianchin Scarpa
1988
Sterling silver, wood, and ivory
2005.216.1-.4
Instabile, Contenitore
Cristiano Bianchin
2007
Glass and hemp
2014.261
"Battuto" Vase
Carlo Scarpa
c. 1940
Glass
2006.1365
Piatto del Serpente
Carlo Scarpa
c. 1940
Glass
2006.1364
Necklace
Arline Fisch
1985
Fine silver, 18k gold, and sterling silver
2002.3741
Necklace
Suzan Rezac
1981
Gold-plated brass, silver-plated brass, sterling silver, lead, pewter, and soapstone
2002.4049
Necklace
Arline Fisch
1985–1986
Fine silver, 18k gold, and sterling silver
2002.3742
Necklace
Mary Ann Scherr
1976
Sterling silver and Brazilian agate
2006.649
Seicento Necklace
Lella Valle Vignelli
2003
Sterling silver
2014.42
"A Rose by Any Other Name" Necklace
Lisa Gralnick
1996
Sterling silver, 18k gold, glass, US currency, and rose bud
2009.1658
"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