Beaded Necklace
Unknown Artist
500–600
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: length of string 29 15/16 x 13/16 in. (76.1 x 2 cm)
Classification
Glass-Beads
Culture
Frankish
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number
17.193.134
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite Beaded Necklace crafted by an unknown Frankish artist around 500–600 CE, offers a glimpse into early medieval during the Merovingian period. The Franks, a Germanic people who rose to prominence in what is now France and Germany after the fall of the Roman Empire, such jewelry as status symbols and trade goods. Donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1917 by J. Pierpont Morgan, this now resides in the Medieval Art department, highlighting the continuity of craftsmanship from antiquity into the Middle Ages. Made entirely of glass beads strung to a length of nearly 30 inches (76...