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EUGÊNE FONTENAY. NECKLACE

EUGÊNE FONTENAY. Necklace. Artist: Eugêne Fontenay (French, 1823-1887). Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: L. 16-3/8 in. (41.6 cm.). Date: ca. 1870. This gold chain has five oval enameled pendants depicting personifications of Europe and the Seasons. Each oval is framed in diamonds interspersed with long stylized palmette-shaped pendants, and forty-one leaf-shaped pendants, decorated with granulation and wirework suspended from alternately plain and coiled tubular links. The use of granulation and images of classical maidens, as well as the overall organization, demonstrate the designer's dependence upon ancient Greek gold jewelry for inspiration. Like the Castellani firm in Rome, Eugène Fontenay reproduced jewelry in ancient Greek, Roman, and other historical styles. However, not only did Fontenay copy period originals, he also took motifs from these styles and, with them, created original designs.
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Author: EUGÊNE FONTENAY (1823-1887)
Title: NECKLACE
Caption: Necklace. Artist: Eugêne Fontenay (French, 1823-1887). Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: L. 16-3/8 in. (41.6 cm.). Date: ca. 1870. This gold chain has five oval enameled pendants depicting personifications of Europe and the Seasons. Each oval is framed in diamonds interspersed with long stylized palmette-shaped pendants, and forty-one leaf-shaped pendants, decorated with granulation and wirework suspended from alternately plain and coiled tubular links. The use of granulation and images of classical maidens, as well as the overall organization, demonstrate the designer's dependence upon ancient Greek gold jewelry for inspiration. Like the Castellani firm in Rome, Eugène Fontenay reproduced jewelry in ancient Greek, Roman, and other historical styles. However, not only did Fontenay copy period originals, he also took motifs from these styles and, with them, created original designs.
Technique/material: Gold, enamel and diamonds
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit: Album
Image size: 3276 × 4094 px | 38.4 MB
Print size: 27.7 × 34.7 cm | 1289.8 × 1611.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: COSTUME • DIAMOND • ENAMEL • EUGÊNE FONTENAY • EUROPE • EUROPEAN SCULPTURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS • FRANCE • GOLD • GOLD, ENAMEL AND DIAMONDS • JEWELRY • METAL • METALWORK • METALWORK-GOLD AND PLATINUM • METALWORKS • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • NECKLACES • PARIS • PLATINUM