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Ellington Necklace
- Maker: Art Smith, American, 1917-1982
- Medium: Silver, turquoise, amethyst, prase, rhodonite
- Place Made: New York, New York, USA
- Dates: ca. 1962
- Dimensions: 16 7/8 x 9 7/8 x 3/4 in. (42.9 x 25.1 x 1.9 cm)
- Markings: Impressed on back: "Art Smith"
- Collections: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Special Exhibition Gallery, 4th Floor - Accession Number: 2007.61.4
- Credit Line: Gift of Charles L. Russell
- Image: Overall, 2007.61.4_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: A long, large asymmetrical necklace composed of a semi-circular wire neck piece and three, teardrop-shaped organic elements of varying size. Each element is set with red, purple and green or yellow oval-shaped, semi-precious cabouchon stones in silver collars, and is framed by conforming flattened wires. The smallest element is soldered to the neckpiece at top proper left, and a second connects to the neck piece at top proper right via a thin, bent wire clasp. The third element is suspended at center from the other two via small silver rings.
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Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum