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Bernhard Schobinger
'Hanging Scissors' Necklace1997

Not on view
Small dark metal scissors suspended from a thin wire against a white background, blades open and pointing upward, handles hanging below
Close-up photograph of aged metal scissors with heavily corroded, matte grey surface, pivot screw with patina, and scratched inscribed text along one blade, with a thin black wire threaded through the open blades against a white background.
Artist or Maker
Bernhard Schobinger
Switzerland, born 1946
Title
'Hanging Scissors' Necklace
Date Made
1997
Medium
Silver, diamonds, Kevlar®-coated stainless-steel wire, brass
Dimensions
Cord length: 38 in. (96.52 cm) Pendant: 3 11/16 × 1 13/16 × 1/8 in. (9.37 × 4.6 × 0.32 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2016.21.36
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.