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Nancy Worden
'Gilding the Past' Necklace2001

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Flat-laid circular necklace with gold-toned bone-shaped elements radiating outward, strung between beads of turquoise, red, and olive, with engraved disc charms featuring peace-sign and smiley-face motifs
Circular necklace laid flat, featuring gold-toned bone-shaped elements radiating outward, alternating with silver medallion beads and small red and gray disc beads strung between them, with a metal clasp at top.
Artist or Maker
Nancy Worden
United States, Massachusetts, Boston, 1954-2021, active Washington, Seattle
Title
'Gilding the Past' Necklace
Date Made
2001
Medium
Gilded copper, Japanese and US currency (including 1964 and 1965 Kennedy half dollars with gilding), coral, turquoise, bone, brass
Dimensions
17 1/4 × 17 3/4 × 3/4 in. (43.82 × 45.09 × 1.91 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2013.221.37
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • Gifford, Barbara Paris. "Exhibition Review: Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection." Journal of Modern Craft 10, no.2 (2017): 217-222.