Giardinetti Pendant

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Giardinetti Pendant

Place of OriginSpain or Portugal

Dateabout 1770

DimensionsH: 3 in. (7.6 cm); W: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

MediumDiamonds and silver

ClassificationJewelry

Credit LinePurchased with funds given by Rita Barbour Kern

Object number

2002.15

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 34, Jewelry Gallery

Label TextFloral arrangements in baskets were popular for jewelry from the 1750s when ornaments in the form of “giardinetti” (Italian for “little gardens”) were made of tiny blooms arranged with Rococo asymmetry in baskets, vases, and pots. Their form echoed the floral patterns found on fashionable silk gowns of the era (see image).Published ReferencesLiving Diamonds: Fauna and Flora in Diamond Jewellery, Antwerp, Diamond Museum, 2002, no. 30, p. 72, repr. p. 30 (col.).Exhibition HistoryAntwerp, Diamond Museum, Living Diamonds: Fauna and Flora in Diamond Jewellery, 2002, no. 30.