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GRIMA VARI-COLOURED BEAD NECKLACE, 1980s

Price Realised GBP 5,292

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GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000

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GRIMA VARI-COLOURED BEAD NECKLACE, 1980s

Price Realised GBP 5,292

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Twenty-six textured beads threaded on a fine link chain, 1988, signed Grima, Grima pouch

Size/Dimensions: 42.5 cm
Gross Weight: 138.9 grams

Cf. William Grant, Andrew Grima: The Father of Modern Jewellery, Suffolk, ACC Art Books, 2020, p. 239 for an illustration of an identical necklace described as 'Handmade beads in yellow gold, red gold, silver and oxidised silver'

Grima Retrospective Exhibition catalogue, Goldsmiths Hall, 1991, p. 56, no. 87 for a sketch of this necklace design, describing it as an alternative to the multi-coloured cultured pearl necklaces that were hugely popular in the 1980s

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