Dutert
Blanche Tilden
born Australia, 1968
Dutert 2012
waterjet cut, coldworked and flameworked borosilicate glass, sterling silver
Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Funaki, Melbourne
This necklace was inspired by the 19th century French architect Ferdinand Dutert, whose famous Palais des machines, a vast pavilion was made of iron, steel and glass, was built for the Exposition Universelle of 1889 in Paris.