id:			140406
accession number:	1964.35
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.35
updated:		2021-03-05 10:04:56.266000

Necklace, c. 1775-95. Gold, silver and brilliants; part 1: 29.6 cm (11 5/8 in.); part 2: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1964.35

title:				Necklace
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creation date:			c. 1775-95
creation date earliest:		1770
creation date latest:		1795
current location:		203B British Painting and Decorative Arts
creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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culture:	England or France
technique:	gold, silver and brilliants
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Jewelry
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measurements: Part 1: 29.6 cm (11 5/8 in.); Part 2: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1964)
	opening date:   1965-01-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1964)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 1-31, 1965).

	title:		Wow Factor: 150 Years of Collecting Bold Clothes
	opening date:   2017-04-28T04:00:00
	<i>Wow Factor: 150 Years of Collecting Bold Clothes</i>. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 28, 2017-April 22, 2018).

	title:		British Gallery Reinstallation  (June 2020)
	opening date:   2020-06-30T04:00:00
	<i>British Gallery Reinstallation  (June 2020)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (4/28/2017 – 4/22/2018):  "Wow Factor: 150 Years of Collecting Bold Clothes"

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Severance A. Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1964
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1964-
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fun fact: 
This type of necklace, with its single large pendant, is known as a<em> lavalier</em> and was popular among aristocratic women during the 1700s. Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, was known to have several necklaces of this type.

digital description: 
Throughout the 1700s, the growing trade for personal luxury objects transformed the material culture surrounding marriage and courtship. Gifts such as perfume, sheet music, books, textiles, portrait miniatures, and jewelry often demonstrated the status of the gift giver and their investment in the relationship. While intended to be seen and admired, this glittering and ostentatious necklace disguised a system based on the labor and suffering of enslaved or indentured people, whether in gold and stone mines or the shop where it was made.

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