Q
Necklace
2002 (made)
2002 (made)
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This necklace is made up of many individual iron bottle tops, threaded together in the manner of nineteenth-century articulated snake necklaces, and with a similar degree of sinuousness and movement. The bottle tops, their functionality lost the moment the bottle has been opened, have been transformed into an elegant and clever piece of jewellery. The name ‘Q’ comes from the outline of the necklace with its curving tail (and as Hanagarth points out, in French ‘queue’ means ‘tail’ but is also a slang term for penis).
This necklace is one of forty-five pieces of jewellery given to the V&A from the collection of the late Louise Klapisch.
This necklace is one of forty-five pieces of jewellery given to the V&A from the collection of the late Louise Klapisch.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Q (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Recycled beer bottle caps |
| Brief description | Necklace of re-cycled bottle tops, designed and made by Sophie Hanagarth, France, 2002 |
| Physical description | Long, articulated necklace, the repeating ridged elements adapted from iron bottle tops which give the piece its grey-brown colouring. It divides to form a tail, also making the letter 'Q'. |
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| Credit line | The Louise Klapisch Collection, given by Suzanne Selvi |
| Summary | This necklace is made up of many individual iron bottle tops, threaded together in the manner of nineteenth-century articulated snake necklaces, and with a similar degree of sinuousness and movement. The bottle tops, their functionality lost the moment the bottle has been opened, have been transformed into an elegant and clever piece of jewellery. The name ‘Q’ comes from the outline of the necklace with its curving tail (and as Hanagarth points out, in French ‘queue’ means ‘tail’ but is also a slang term for penis). This necklace is one of forty-five pieces of jewellery given to the V&A from the collection of the late Louise Klapisch. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.31-2014 |
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| Record created | June 11, 2014 |
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