Description & Technical information
Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, around 1909
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, model no. G 1039 (rectangular
pieces), G 957 (pendant)
Marked: pendant: Austrian hallmark – head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), clasp: WW 925 fine silver (according to an expert opinion 878 fine silver for the extended chain), mother-of-pearl, remains of gold plating
L 43 cm
As yet, we have only been able to find evidence for parts of the necklace. The Wiener Werkstätte archives hold sketches for the two rectangular decorative elements – model no. G 1039, described as part of the chain for neck jewellery. The pendant is also documented on a design drawing preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte archives (model no. G 957, referred to as pendant) and depicted in an illustration in "Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, 1909/1910" (Professor J. Hoffmann, neck jewellery, gold-plated silver with mother-of-pearl).
Evidently Hoffmann designed elements for the serial production of jewellery just as he had done with his earlier furniture designs for J. & J. Kohn.
Exhibited at: Gustav Klimt Zentrum am Attersee, 2016, Emilie Flöge. Reform der Mode, Inspiration der Kunst
Date: around 1909
Period: around 1909
Origin: Austrian
Medium: 925 fine silver, Pearl, gold plating
Signature:
Marked: pendant: Austrian hallmark – head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), clasp: WW
Dimensions: 43 cm (16⁷/₈ inches)
Provenance: private property, New York, USA
Literature: Ref.:
Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. XXV, 1909, p. 383
S. Tretter/P. Weinhäupl (ed.), Gustav Klimt Zentrum am Attersee, exhib. cat., Gustav Klimt. Emilie Flöge. Reform der Mode, Inspiration der Kunst, Vienna 2016
Exhibitions: Gustav Klimt Zentrum am Attersee, 2016, Emilie Flöge. Reform der Mode, Inspiration der Kunst

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