Fine Modernist 14k Gold Necklace by Metropolitan Museum of Art

VINTAGE 14K YELLOW GOLD WOVEN CHOKER WITH DIAMOND SLIDE PENDANT Circa mid 20th century; a substantial 91.4 grams Item # 002CLU05E A most substantial and complex graduated and woven choker necklace executed 14k yellow gold for a total weight of 91.4 grams. It features a high-polish modernist free-form pendant set with eight diamonds that slides freely along the length of the necklace. The back is secured with a pressure-tongue clasp with a textured button that easily releases the mechanism, this further secured with a safety wire clasp. The gold is finished throughout with a brilliant high-polish and remains in exquisite original condition. It is a dramatic evening piece - a Fine vintage acquisition...

VINTAGE ITALIAN 14K YELLOW GOLD "X & O" NECKLACE Marked "14K ITALY", maker's mark "OTC", 22 3/4" long, 24.8 grams Item # 011PGQ29Z A fun and lively vintage "X & O" necklace by the Italian jewelry firm...

ITALIAN 14K YELLOW GOLD "X&O" NECKLACE 18 1/4" wearable length 53.1 grams total weight Item # C104249 A lovely vintage necklace designed en...

ITALIAN 14K YELLOW GOLD MESH CHOKER NECKLACE Marked "K14" & "ITALY"; circa mid-to-late 20th century Item # 012HOR11Z A piece that wears so comfortably, this gorgeous vintage Italia...

ANTIQUE PAIR OF ART DECO 14K YELLOW GOLD ENGRAVED OCTAGONAL CUFF-LINKS Designed and retailed by Lebolt & Company, Chicago circa 1925 Item # 011DQF19P An exquisite and beautifully p...

VINTAGE GOLD GRADUATED-TWIST ROPE NECKLACE 18k yellow gold with 14k white gold inner chain 44.3 grams total weight 17 3/8" wearable length Item # C104243 A wonderful mid-century ...

The American Wing: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Harrison House, 1987. Second edition hardcover with dust jacket. 352 pp. A ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 2, Greece and Rome. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1987. With introduction by Joan R. Mertens. The art created in Greece during...

Honore Lannuier: Cabinetmaker from Paris - Peter M. Kenney - 1998 The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Abrams. Softcover book - 253 pages - black/white and...

Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Charles S. Moffett. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Published in 1985 by The Metropolitan Museum o...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Europe in the Age of Monarchy. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987, NY. 1st Ed hardcover. The seventeenth century in Europe rings with the names of the great sovereigns who had succeeded in creating nations by subjugating the feudal aristocracy and at whose courts power and wealth were concentrated and the arts flourished. Elizabeth I of England secured for her heirs the Protestant succession and for her country mastery of the seas; Louis XIV of France assembled his defeated vassals at Versailles; Gustavus II Adolphus and Christina of Sweden were for a time the most powerful Protestant monarchs on the Continent; Philip III and Philip IV...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Renaissance in the North. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1987. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. At roughly the same time that Italian art was beginning to reflect a reawakening of the classical spirit—an epoch and style we call the Renaissance—the arts of Northern Europe were experiencing their own efflorescence. Painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts were pursued with a new vigor in the Netherlands, in Germany, in France, and in England, and resulted in a vast body of work that constitutes one of the glories of Western civilization. During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the masters of the North developed styles quite distinct from those in the South: an attention to minute detail, particularly with regard to landscape, but also in domestic interiors; and an emotive piety that dramatized the sorrow and suffering of the Passion. Jan van Eyck's Crucifixion and Last Judgment present a horrific vision of the death of Christ and the damnation of sinners, set against a deep and distant landscape, sensitively and realistically rendered. The Lamentation by Petrus Christus...