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Robert Lee Morris Verdigris Avalon Belt / Necklace, 1983
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Robert Lee Morris Verdigris Avalon Belt/Necklace made in 1983. This design was part of a bigger collection that was entitled Avalon, and inspired by the book by Marian Bradley Zimmer...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Link Necklaces
Materials
Brass
Robert Lee Morris Gold Plated Raindrop Bib Necklace 1989
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Robert Lee Morris Gold Plated Raindrop Bib Necklace 1989, an iconic Bold Gold necklace from the era of the 80's big jewelry trend. Even though this is not a big huge necklace like ma...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Drop Necklaces
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Robert Lee Morris Brass and Shell Nautilus Necklace, 1975
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Robert Lee Morris Brass and Shell Nautilus Necklace created very early in his career in 1975. This powerful bold nature of this statement necklace i...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Materials
Other, Brass
Robert Lee Morris Long Gold Plated Egg Chain Necklace with Crater Pendant 1987
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Robert Lee Morris Long Gold Plated Egg Chain Necklace with Crater Pendant, created in 1987. During a period when when Morris was creating Egg themed jewelry, including using soft rounded pebbles there was a push for bigger volume with less weight in the jewelry. The fashion trends in the 1980's often centered around large volumes in clothes, hair, shoulders and jewelry. This elegant long Opera length chain...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Robert Lee Morris Wabi Sabi Necklace for Donna Karan, 1986
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Robert Lee Morris Wabi Sabi Necklace For Donna Karan 1986. this is an original necklace created for a Donna Karan Spring 1986 runway show, comprised of Wabi Sabi colors and component...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Link Necklaces
Materials
Brass
Robert Lee Morris Wabi Sabi Three Row Coral Necklace with Brass Bridges, 2011
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Robert Lee Morris Wabi Sabi Three Row Coral Necklace With Brass Bridges was created in 2011. The new system Morris designed utilized these sculpted and gradu...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Other, Brass
Robert Lee Morris Wabi Sabi Red African Bead Necklace with Fringed Pendant, 2009
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Robert Lee Morris Wabi Sabi Red African Bead Necklace With Fringed Pendant, a one of a kind neckpiece created in 2009 as part of the growing Trib...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Other, Brass
Robert Lee Morris Wabi Sabi Collection for Donna Karan Armadillo Collar
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
This khaki color of brass is one of the most desired colors and tones that Donna Karan asked Robert Lee Morris to create for many of her runway shows. This massive wide collar is lik...
Category
1990s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Materials
Brass
Robert Lee Morris Wabi Sabi Salad Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Robert Lee Morris is the designer who brought the rustic look of Wabi Sabi into his fashion jewelry and has helped to make it more mainstream. This one of a kind spectacular necklace...
Category
2010s American Modern Drop Necklaces
Materials
Brass, Copper, Mixed Metal
Robert Lee Morris Wabi Sabi Verdigris Dart Necklace, 1982
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
The epitome of the iconic style and the aged Wabi Sabi look of Robert Lee Morris, this dart necklace was created in the early stages of Morris' career, 1982. Morris had already won t...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Materials
Brass, Other
Robert Lee Morris Wide Triple Band Brass Collar
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
This spectacular brass collar is very dramatic and strong. It is easy to get on and off as the fit is perfect for an average female neck, and the positive negative effect is stunning...
Category
1990s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Materials
Brass
Robert Lee Morris Wabi Sabi Collection Large Disc Belt/Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Created in 1981 for the Calvin Klein fall collection, this is an oxidized brass disc belt, iconic Robert Lee Morris form, with a Wabi Sabi coloration and fin...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Link Necklaces
Materials
Brass
Robert Lee Morris Wabi Sabi Collection Brass Domes Chocker Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
This bold strong and emphatic design is constructed of large oxidized brass domes, linked into a high fitting collar. Looking medieval and luscious, like out of a a movie, this beautiful and very simple necklace commands attention even in its more subtle tones of warm bronze. It is Wabi Sabi, and is great as part of a layering of chains around the neck for a spectacular fashion moment. Each high dome is finished off with two wire bands at the bottom edge. Constructed in 1984, the rich coloration of the brass is warm and comforting.
Wabi Sabi is the Japanese term that means aged, used, worn, filled with character and spirit through use, old, spirited, and Robert Lee Morris loves it. So much of his jewelry has the Wabi Sabi quality, which is the opposite of glitz and sparkly bling so associated with jewelry in the first place. Morris spent 4 years living in Japan as a child, his father a USAF officer and pilot, and was very inspired by the beauty of traditional Japanese aesthetic and culture. Therefore one can see this exemplified in the colors of the metal and materials he uses; tarnished and oxidized brass, copper bronze and sometimes even darkened silver. The occasional use of leather or Elk skin...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Materials
Brass
Robert Lee Morris Wabi Sabi Collection Verdigris Fruit Loop Choker Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
The bright green on this oxidized brass necklace is startling and dramatic. This Verdigris, this shade of mint green makes this piece so unusual and powerful as a fashion statement. Layered with ethnic beads or layered bronze chains, this is a great collectors item from the archives of Morris. Created in 1983, it is very pliable, flexible and fluid, making it comfortable too wear. Each donut or Fruit Loop...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Materials
Brass
Robert Lee Morris Flared Egg Burst Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Created in 1986, as part of a huge family of egg themed jewelry, this is part of the Wabi Sabi collection. A blend of oxidized brass and copper the simplicity of this design is part of its dramatic charm. Individually constructed hollow ovalized components hang from a chain separated by copper beads. The coloration of this piece is warm and non conventional, typical of the breaking of new ground Morris accomplished with his fashion jewelry.
Wabi Sabi is the Japanese term that means aged, used, worn, filled with character and spirit through use, old, spirited, and Robert Lee Morris loves it. So much of his jewelry has the Wabi Sabi quality, which is the opposite of glitz and sparkly bling so associated with jewelry in the first place. Morris spent 4 years living in Japan as a child, his father a USAF officer and pilot, and was very inspired by the beauty of traditional Japanese aesthetic and culture. Therefore one can see this exemplified in the colors of the metal and materials he uses; tarnished and oxidized brass, copper bronze and sometimes even darkened silver. The occasional use of leather or Elk skin...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Brass, Copper
Robert Lee Morris Soft Gold Plated Brass Scarf Necklace/Belt, 1993
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
A dramatic soft and flexible-as-fabric belt and necklace, this piece is one of a kind and is created by linking small four holed "tiles" or "sections" with jump rings in a kind of wo...
Category
1990s American Modern Rope Necklaces
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Robert Lee Morris Gold Plated Brass Concave Collar for Donna Karan, 1991
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
In 1991, Robert Lee Morris collaborated with Donna Karan on her Fall collection and this concave collar was one of the key signature elements shown with the clothes. This was a futur...
Category
1990s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Robert Lee Morris Slatted Brass Body Armor Bib Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
This one of a kind brass construction is part of the Armor family that Robert has created throughout the years, from 1974 until 2019. The impact that this piece has is strictly for the red carpet or rock concert...
Category
2010s American Modern Drop Necklaces
Materials
Brass
Robert Lee Morris Gilded Egg Belt/Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Created in 1987 for the Donna Karan collections, where the theme was soft pebbles, this belt length necklace is composed of repeating egg forms that are solid brass, plated in a semi...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Link Necklaces
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Robert Lee Morris Gilded Triple Leaf Casual Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
This gold plated brass necklace looks like a classic ancient Roman style Laurel Leaf crown, classic and forever beautiful never to go out of style. This is a prototype and rare piece as few of these were made for the marketplace, so that makes this one very special. Designed in 1988 as part of the Vegetal collection. There is a slight antique finish own the gold plated surface, which adds to the "forever" appeal of this piece. It is part of the Casual Necklace family, meant for everyday wear.
There is a large body of jewelry created by Robert Lee Morris called Casual Gold. They are made by rearranging the many RLM vocabulary components into new and interesting configurations. All necklaces...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Robert Lee Morris Gilded Moonfeather Bib Casual Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
In his very fertile period of 1982-1984, Robert experimented with countless variations of construction seeking new ways to make body hugging bib necklaces. This one is very early, vintage for sure, whereby a grid pattern was created using solid gold plated...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Robert Lee Morris Gilded Arrowhead Fringe Casual Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Created in 1983, the key form in this piece is a flat but hammered arrowhead shaped drop. The sensual way the many flat and glistening fringe pieces overlap and shimmy back and forth makes this a very fun necklace. Hanging from a gutsy chain this gold plated brass necklace has an adjustable length due to the hook clasp. The inspiration for this necklace is somewhere between the overlapping of roof tiles and shaggy hair. It is a sexy piece due to its free form movement, very linky-lanky.
There is a large body of jewelry created by Robert Lee Morris called Casual Gold. They are made by rearranging the many RLM vocabulary components into new and interesting configurations. All necklaces...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Chain Necklaces
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Robert Lee Morris Vintage Gilded Mask Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
This one of a kind gold plated brass piece was never sold as part of the wholesale collection of Robert Lee Morris. It instead was carved and created by him in 1983 when he was experimenting with so many new ideas. The fascinating mask carving could be both an exaggerated bird scull or part of a jet propulsion engine, the design is modern and futuristic. This is part of the large group called Casual Gold, quirky, unique experimental pieces during Morris's growing years.
There is a large body of jewelry created by Robert Lee Morris called Casual Gold. They are made by rearranging the many RLM vocabulary components into new and interesting configurations. All necklaces...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Link Necklaces
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Robert Lee Morris Casual Gold Gilded Multi-Patterned Bib Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
This is a configurations of gold plated brass crosshatched designs within circles and high domes surrounded by an orbiting ring, with chiseled fringe drops of solid brass, patterned into a high neck, short bib necklace. Simple hook clasp. One of a kind. Very early piece from 1982-83.
There is a large body of jewelry created by Robert Lee Morris called Casual Gold. They are made by rearranging the many RLM vocabulary components into new and interesting configurations. All necklaces...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Robert Lee Morris Forged Sterling Silver Wire Collar
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Forged in heavy sterling silver wire, this handsome and dramatic neckband fits the neck body form just perfectly, with large looping forms that are hammered so there is a thick and t...
Category
1990s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Robert Lee Morris Sterling Silver Soft Jet Linked Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Looking like soft supersonic jets, flying in perfect heel to toe formation, Robert Lee Morris has created this iconic fluid necklace of sterling silver castings, linked from behind to make a modern...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Robert Lee Morris Sterling Silver Percussion Pectoral on Wire Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
A very early Robert Lee Morris Necklace, this design if silver tubing, balls, coils and coconut shell, is very iconic of the first decade of Morris' designs. Created originally in th...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Drop Necklaces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Robert Lee Morris Sterling Silver Tapered Nautilus Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Created as a one of a kind necklace in the late 1970's, this is part of the Nautilus series that Robert Lee Morris designed and made by hand in Soho NYC. Using two elongated hollow t...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Drop Necklaces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Robert Lee Morris 7 Band Forged Sterling Silver Collar
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Forged sterling silver with all the gorgeous hammer marks, is what makes this impressive collar sparkle so. Robert Lee Morris is known for show stopping jewelry, whether on the runwa...
Category
1990s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Robert Lee Morris Gold Plated Brass Guinevere Domes Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
In 1983, RLM made a collection based on the book "The Mists of Avalon", and this piece is one of them. Romantic and dramatic, the rich gold plating gives this a luxurious and lumino...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Link Necklaces
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Robert Lee Morris Gold Plated Brass Exploding Flower Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
In the late 1980's, there was a big trend in the fashion world of being "green", whereby the theme of flowers, trees, and nature was rampant in jewelry and accessories. This extremel...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Robert Lee Morris Brass Four Disc Choker
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
This striking and powerful statement necklace is made of polished brass. The high polish makes this look like a massive solid gold necklace, which is the ultimate fashion jewelry tri...
Category
2010s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Materials
Brass
Robert Lee Morris Brass Crop Circle Collar
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Crop circle designs have always fascinated RLM, and this wide impressive collar is a major statement necklace. Forged brass sheet is formed into a collar ...
Category
2010s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Materials
Brass
Robert Lee Morris Gold Ball Explosion Fashion Choker
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
What a fun necklace this one is, with the explosion of gold plated brass ball beads that are rooted to a curved brass base that sits just at the base of the neck. There is a long 13'...
Category
2010s Modern Choker Necklaces
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
