"Meli-melo" Necklace
Artist
Lucy Sarneel(Dutch, 1961–2020)Dutch, 1961–2020
CultureDutch
Titles
- "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
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
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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