'Gilding the Past' Necklace

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'Gilding the Past' Necklace

2001
Jewelry and Adornments; necklaces
Gilded copper, Japanese and US currency (including 1964 and 1965 Kennedy half dollars with gilding), coral, turquoise, bone, brass
17 1/4 × 17 3/4 × 3/4 in. (43.82 × 45.09 × 1.91 cm)
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman (M.2013.221.37)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Gifford, Barbara Paris. "Exhibition Review: Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection." Journal of Modern Craft 10, no.2 (2017): 217-222.
  • Mills, Rosie Chambers and Bobbye Tigerman. Beyond Bling: Contemporary Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.