Sunday, October 21, 2012

Mastery of Design: The Ladakh Necklace, 1800-1850

Necklace
Ladakh, 1800-1850
The Victoria & Albert Museum



This necklace of coral and turquoise beads is punctuated with silver spacers. Made in Ladakh, the fringe design echoes Indian fashion design of the early to mid-Nineteenth Century. The work of an unknown jeweler, it’s likely that this necklace was made for export as it is made in the color scheme which was enjoying the utmost popularity throughout Europe at the time. 





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