Chain and Buttons (part 2)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1811–1916
"Chain and Buttons (part 2)" is a piece of jewelry created in Hungary between 1811 and 1916. The work is crafted from metal and enamel, featuring an ornate circular button-like ornament attached to a multi-strand flexible chain.
The circular upper element is shaped with swirling, radiating lobes filled with openwork or enameled metal scrolls and heavily set with small turquoise-colored beads. Multiple parallel rows of linked circular metal rings extend downward from the ornamental top, also set with turquoise-colored elements. The hanging links terminate in a flat metal fitting pierced with a keyhole-shaped opening. The object has an average measurement of 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.). It is held in the Decorative Art and Design collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art as a gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- metal and enamel
- Dimensions
- Average: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.)
Technical characteristics
- Culture recorded
- Hungary
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Cleveland Museum of Art collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Chain and Buttons (part 2)
- Museum object number
- 1916.623.b
Catalogue references
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