Description
Federico is known for his "larger than life" designs & it's pieces such as this necklace that allow him to reign above the rest when it comes to creating these HUGE statement pieces! NO ONE does "Statement" like he does & if you love your jewelry to 'speak' & turn a few heads, then this is the designer you want.. He is not afraid to go "Over the Top" (and then some!)in order to create these lusciously BOLD pieces & this is actually why he is so sought after,since you just don't find artists doing it on the "Grandeur" level that he does! THE NECKLACE: Taking the biggest purple Spiny Oyster hearts that you can find & then creatively turning them into the wings of the majestic Butterfly, makes this necklace a fabulous piece of "wearable art"! (Not to mention a conversational necklace!) The necklace it self is HUGE,based on the size of each butterfly panel. There are 7 Butterfly sections that span 2-3/4" wide & that will line the lower neckline..The Butterflies abdomen are made with turquoise & everything is then bezel set atop of a massive amount of sterling, which gives this a generous weight! (Just short of ONE POUND! See weights below) But because of the balanced design,personally I think it lays very comfortably on the neck. Leading to the closure are 5 panels that are made with the spiny oyster hearts & are soldered on the same sheet. The closure is a push in-pull out. I think you can stop traffic with this necklace since it's large enough & says SO much in design!! ARTIST: Federico Jimenez SHELL: Purple Spiny Oyster Shell STONE: Turquoise AMOUNT OF BUTTERFLY PANELS: 7 EACH PANEL MEASUREMENT: 2-3/4" Wide x 2" Tall OYSTER HEART MEASUREMENT: 26 mm x 25 mm (25.5 mm = 1")-At Widest/Longest Areas WEARABLE LENGTH: 24-1/2" (Without Butterflies & tongue of closure) WEIGHT: 15.6 OUNCES-(Slightly under 1 pound) 444 Grams METAL: STERLING METAL PURITY: 925 CLOSURE: Push In/Pull Out Slide (Click sound when locked) HALLMARK: JF/STERLING (On Closure)) Comes gift boxed. ALL CARDS ACCEPTED. SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT: Anything with this kind of price tag, will have a mandatory signature confirmation requirement & will come insured..(Reflected in shipping price) If you're not home in the day & need it shipped where it can be signed for,please change that in your "Ship To" section before I create the shipping labelI'm sorry if this may be an inconvenience, but I do not ship expensive pieces without one. This is for your safety & mine. PLEASE NOTE: in order to give you close up photos so I can provide you with all the detail,can tend to make the item look much more larger & everything is more magnified than in actuality. Close up's make the item look so large & then you get it in hand & you are shocked since the item is much smaller than how they looked in the photos..So to get an accurate idea of how big this is, please zoom in on the photos where you can see it on the finger, or you can do is pull out a tape measure & compare to my given measurements I do not
