Gilt Brass and Glass Mesh No. 58 Necklace, Linda MacNeil

Lot Details & Additional Photographs

Circa 1997, the pâte de verre glass pendant with gilt brass and glass inlay, suspended from a gilt brass woven mesh necklace, completed with a lobster clasp, signed.

Pendant 2 1/8 in.; Necklace 25 in.

From the Collection of Mignon Durham, Asheville, North Carolina

Accompanied by copy of receipt from Leo Kaplan Modern dated 6/13/97.

Linda MacNeil is an American jewelry artist known for integrating glass and metal. She studied at the Philadelphia College of Art, Massachusetts College of Art, and earned a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 1976. She works with Vitrolite and plate glass via kiln casting and cutting, and her honors include the Massachusetts Council on the Arts Fellowship (1979), NEA Fellowship (1984), James Renwick Alliance Master of the Medium (2011), and Saul Bell Design Award (2020). Her work is in major collections including The Met, MFA Boston, LACMA, MFA Houston, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Corning Museum of Glass, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Good estate condition.