Artist
Bruce MetcalfAmerican, born 1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Wood Neckpiece #7
Date1992
MediumMaple, cherry, oak, walnut, pine, rosewood, cork, glass eye, plastic teeth, tagua nut, brass, cord, 23k gold leaf, and paint
DimensionsOverall: 15 × 10 × 1 3/4 in. (38.1 × 25.4 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by Alice C. Simkins
Object number2002.3963
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Bruce Metcalf," JewelersWerk Galerie, Washington, April, 1992; "Bruce Metcalf," Contacto Directo, Lisbon, October, 1992.
"Facet I: Internationale sieradenbiënnale [International Jewelry Biennale]," Kunsthal Rotterdam, the Netherlands, January 5–April 7, 1993.
"Schmuck Unserer Zeir, 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.
"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," Museum of Fine Arts Houston, October 18, 2003–February 8, 2004.
"Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 30, 2007–January 27, 2008; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, March 14–July 6, 2008; Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, August 16, 2008–January 4, 2009; Tacoma Art Museum, Washington, June 27–September 13, 2009.
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Bruce Metcalf
1996
23k gold leaf, paint, maple, brass, copper, Micarta, and steel
2002.3965.A,.B
Unknown English
c. 1770
Walnut veneer; marquetry of tulipwood, elm, rosewood, and calamander; secondary woods: mahogany, red pine group, spruce, white oak group; and ormolu
96.1238
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
1808
Yellow poplar, oak, maple, eastern white pine, gold leaf, gesso, and cane
B.90.9.1,.2
Unknown American
c. 1765–1785
Mahogany; chestnut, white oak, black cherry, eastern white pine, southern yellow pine, and cherry
B.59.83
Unknown American
c. 1700–1730
Black walnut, undetermined burl veneer, and eastern white pine; eastern white pine, black walnut, yellow-poplar, cherry, Cuban oyster wood (Gymnanthes lucida), and chestnut
B.69.42
John Henry Belter
1855
Rosewood and rosewood veneer; black walnut, mahogany, eastern white pine, yellow-poplar, undetermined exotic wood (possibly eucalyptus), marble, and mirrored glass
B.81.9.10
Unknown American
c. 1740–1795
Black walnut; black walnut, sweetgum, cherry, and soft maple
B.69.251