Necklace

Title: Necklace
date created: fall 1938
designer: Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973)
design house: Schiaparelli (French, founded 1927)
has culture: France
material: metal
description: Surrealist designer Elsa Schiaparelli may have been inspired by Sandro Botticelli's painting "Primavera" when making this necklace. In this painting, Flora, the Roman goddess of spring, wears a garland of ivy. The Schiaparelli version, in contrast, was worn by 20th-century socialite Millicent Rogers.
subjects/references: Ivy; "Primavera" by Sandro Botticelli
collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art; View on Met Website
accession number: 2009.300.1236