- Object name(s):
- Leaf study
- Brief description:
- Leaf (possibly maple) cast from nature.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Jewellery
- Associated concept:
- Metalwork
- Associated object:
- M.29-2007
- Content - concept:
- Leaf
- Credit line:
- Royal College of Art Visiting Artists Collection
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2008BR4434/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 8
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 9
- Inscription content:
- 'Jesus Elisabeth Kodré Defner 1990'
- Inscription content:
- 'November Royal College of Art'
- Object name:
- Leaf study
- Object number:
- M.27-2007
- Object production date:
- 1990-1991
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1990-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1991-12-31
- Object production person:
- Defner, Jesus Elisabeth Kodre
- Person's association:
- maker
- Object production place:
- London
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Leaf (possibly maple) cast from nature.
- Reproduction number:
- 2008BR4434
- Reproduction number:
- 2008BR4416
- Responsible department/section:
- MET
- Technique:
- Silver
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- This piece is part of the Royal College of Art Visiting Artists Collection. Every year from 1987 to 2006, while David Watkins was Professor of Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery at the RCA, he invited four jewellers and silversmiths from outside Britain to give a week-long masterclass. The artists brought diverse skills, aesthetics and approaches. The first call on their time was to interact closely with the students. In addition, although concentrating on their teaching and working in an unfamiliar studio, each artist generously made an object for the RCA's collection. The Royal College of Art Visiting Artists Collection, now transferred to the V&A, is a major document of international contemporary jewellery, a tribute both to the artists and to the vibrancy of the RCA as a teaching institution. This silver leaf is cast from nature as a preparatory study for the opal-set leaf ring also in the V&A's collection (M.29-2007). Life-size, the front has the natural texture and veining of the leaf while the back is rounded with a polished surface. Jesus Elisabeth Kodré Defner (1931-2017) was born in Innsbruck and studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna. Nature is often an influence in her work.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
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