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"Help" necklace
"Help" necklace

"Help" necklace

House of Lanvin (French, founded in 1890)
2013
Country of Origin, for CustomsFrance
Medium/TechniqueMetal, resin, glass, silk
DimensionsLength x width: 121 × 2.6 cm (47 5/8 × 1 in.) ribbon
Length: 134 cm (52 3/4 in.) chain
Height x width: 6.3 × 12 cm (2 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.) pendant
Credit LineGift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession number2018.4016
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBetween about 1970s and 2018, acquired by Carole Tanenbaum, Toronto, Ontario [see note]; 2018, gift of Carole Tanenbaum to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)

NOTE: This is part of a large collection of costume jewelry given to the MFA in 2018, which had been built over about 40 years.