"Meli-melo" Necklace

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Artist Lucy Sarneel(Dutch, 1961–2020)Dutch, 1961–2020

CultureDutch

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"Meli-melo" Necklace

Date2007

MediumZinc, textile, rubber, wood, paint, glass beads, and gold

Dimensions12 1/4 × 8 1/2 × 1 5/8 in. (31.1 × 21.6 × 4.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Rotasa Collection Trust

Object number2015.86

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceThe artist; [Galerie Marzee, Mijmegen, The Netherlands, 2007]; Purchased by Susan Cummins for the Rotasa Foundation Collection, March 27, 2007; given to MFAH, 2015.

Published References den Besten, Liesbeth. On Jewellery. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2013. _________________. “Like Found Objects in My Mind,” Metalsmith 26, no. 2 (2010): 36-44. Joris, Yvonne, ed. Beauty is a Story. s’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands: Museum Het Kruithuis, 1991. ______________. Jewels of Mind and Mentality: Dutch Jewelry Design 1950-2000. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 2000. Mind Flights: Jewellery by Lucy Sarneel. Nijmegen, The Netherlands, L. Sarneel, 2003. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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