French Dot Pattern Necklace

An eye-catching assortment of resin jewelry inspired by a 19th-century French color manual in the collection of the Getty Research Institute. This necklace features five colorful beads, each removeable, with a magnetic closure. Made exclusively for the Getty Museum.   - Dimensions: Length of cord: 22 1/2 inches L, Diameter of bead: 1 1/16 inches - Material: Resin - Made in Thailand - Item#: G010150MIXXQ60   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, L