Object Details
- Artist
- Florence Koehler, born Jackson, MI 1861-died Rome, Italy 1944
- Luce Center Label
- Florence Koehler hated the finish of polished gold, and “muted” her pieces with semitransparent white enamel. Her choice of gemstones defied convention: she used cabochons (unfaceted stones), and preferred pearls to diamonds. Koehler based her designs on the gemstones, which she chose according to the personality of the individual for whom she was making the piece. (Laurie Eglington Kaldis, ed., Portrait of an Artist, 1947)
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mary Elizabeth Sharpe
- ca. 1905-1935
- Object number
- 1981.105.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Jewelry
- Crafts
- Medium
- enameled gold and pearls
- Dimensions
- overall: width 1/4 x length 14 1/2 in. (0.5 x 36.7 cm) pendant: 1 1/8 x 1/2 x 1/4 in. (2.8 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Record ID
- saam_1981.105.4
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7455e1212-3fd6-4071-af7b-66a761718af8
