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18K Gold Rope Necklace

$19,500
£14,648.95
€16,892.62
CA$27,058.79
A$30,068.29
CHF 15,756.10
MX$368,733.97
NOK 200,959.91
SEK 189,055.70
DKK 126,079.31
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About the Item

This 18K gold necklace was created in the 1970s. It is designed as a tapering rope of formed of braided cords, themselves formed of multiple strands of ropetwist chain. Beautifully textured, this soft and ultra-flexible necklace expresses opulence and simplicity alike. Product Details: Item #: N-21074 Circa: 1970s Dimensions: 17.50" length, 0.50" width. Materials: 18K Gold Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: Cultures throughout history took varied approaches to creating gold wire. While Egyptians and early Mesoamerican cultures cast their wire, the ancient Greeks took the most difficult and refined approach. To create their wire, with which they performed astonishing feats of the goldsmith's art, the Greeks hammered gold into sheets of extreme thinness, cutting them into delicate strips, which they then rolled into wire by hand. Further, they had many methods of ornamenting the wire, giving it pattern and texture. The twisted, braided wire of this necklace, created in the later European manner by drawing gold through smaller and smaller holes, recalls Greek and Hellenistic wirework masterpieces.
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  • Dimensions:
    Width: 0.5 in (12.7 mm)Length: 17.5 in (444.5 mm)
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1970's
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: N-210741stDibs: LU8923633092

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