cover image: Necklace

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Necklace

Research in Progress Necklace: Thin metal (copper or gilt alloy) with tooled ornaments, each bead filled with composition. Cloth disks separate the beads from each other. Most beads are roughly flattened spherical. Two adjoining are conical tubular.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Date published
probably 19th century
Dates
probably 19th century
Format
Thin metal (copper or gilt alloy)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1951-111-94
Rights
Gift of Frances Morris
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/9de203b2f24469d556a6125848c834e5