French Dot Pattern Long Wire Earrings (Black & White)

An eye-catching assortment of resin jewelry inspired by a 19th-century French color manual in the collection of the Getty Research Institute. These earrings feature a black and white bead attached to a long sterling silver ear wire. Made exclusively for the Getty Museum.  

 

- Dimensions: Bead diameter 7/8 inch, Wire hook 1 1/2 inches L

- Material: Resin

- Made in Thailand

- Item#: G010504BLAKQ00

 

Jean-François Persoz's color-manual, Theoretical and Practical Treatise for Printing on Fabric, was embraced by French Impressionist artists as a revolutionary landmark in the history of color-theory and its practical artistic applications. Presented in the work is a dizzying tour-de-force of a master chemist's intimate knowledge of the creation of color.

Jean-François Persoz
(French, 1805–1868)
Traite theorique et practique de l'impression des tissus  (Theoretical and practical treatise of printing on fabric). Paris and Leipzig, 1846, pl. 2 Chromolithograph 
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2821-853. 2009 Collections Council gift.