| Title | |
|---|---|
| Author | Unknown |
| Publication Date: | 1850 |
| Publication Place | Yemen (made) - |
| Subject | Jewellery Amulets Metalwork |
| Type | Other |
| Language | Undetermined |
| Digital | Yes |
| Manuscript | No |
| Physical Dimensions | Length: 30cm |
| Library: | Victoria and Albert Museum |
| Library Asset ID | M.100-1909 |
| Record ID | M.100-1909 |
| Library Location | Middle East Section |
| Date | 1850 |
| Notes | In the 19th century, until their final exodus to Israel in the 1950s, Jewish goldsmiths made most of the silver jewellery in the Yemen. They were particularly renowned for the quality of their filigree work, which was worn and appreciated as much by Muslim as by Jewish women. The main constituent of this type of necklace, described as a douggeh when it was acquired in 1909, are the large filigree beads. They are made of open filigree in this example, although beads of sheet silver with applied filigree or other decoration are also common. They were worn by both Jewish and Muslim women. |
| Malzemeler ve teknikler | Silver filigree Silver Filigree |
| Fiziksel açıklama | Necklace of ten large open filigree beads with a pendant amulet case. There is a large conical terminal bead, decorated with applied filigree, at each end of the necklace, and three small beads, two made from pyramids of granules soldered together, either side of a third plain silver bead, between each of the large beads. At the centre of the necklace is a pendent cylindrical amulet case of open filigree, with a filigree rosette on its front and three leaf-shaped filigree pendants hanging from its lower edge. There are two small melon-shaped beads between the loops which attach the amulet case to the necklace. The necklace is strung on a cotton cord which is attached to two short lengths of chain, with a crude hook for fastening, at the far ends of the terminal beads. |
Victoria and Albert Museum
Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1850
Publication Place
Yemen (made) -
Subject
Jewellery Amulets Metalwork
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 30cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
M.100-1909
Record ID
M.100-1909
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1850
Notes
In the 19th century, until their final exodus to Israel in the 1950s, Jewish goldsmiths made most of the silver jewellery in the Yemen. They were particularly renowned for the quality of their filigree work, which was worn and appreciated as much by Muslim as by Jewish women. The main constituent of this type of necklace, described as a douggeh when it was acquired in 1909, are the large filigree beads. They are made of open filigree in this example, although beads of sheet silver with applied filigree or other decoration are also common. They were worn by both Jewish and Muslim women.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Silver filigree Silver Filigree
Fiziksel açıklama
Necklace of ten large open filigree beads with a pendant amulet case. There is a large conical terminal bead, decorated with applied filigree, at each end of the necklace, and three small beads, two made from pyramids of granules soldered together, either side of a third plain silver bead, between each of the large beads. At the centre of the necklace is a pendent cylindrical amulet case of open filigree, with a filigree rosette on its front and three leaf-shaped filigree pendants hanging from its lower edge. There are two small melon-shaped beads between the loops which attach the amulet case to the necklace. The necklace is strung on a cotton cord which is attached to two short lengths of chain, with a crude hook for fastening, at the far ends of the terminal beads.
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