Heart shaped necklace with a pendant constructed from metal wheels, hands and springs of a clock with a set of wings with openwork that resembles feathers attached on the front of the pendant. The metal wire attached to the pendant is a different metal from the pendent and the clasp is a toggle and loop with extra wire hanging from each side of the clasp. A rectangular wooden storage box, separate miniature key and separate tag are part of the jewelry ensemble.

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Object Timeline

2009	Work on this object began.
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2017	We exhibited this object.
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Clockwork Love Wings Gold Necklace In Box

This is a Necklace in box. It was designed by Frank Tjepkema. It is dated 2009 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is chemically etched, gold-plated stainless steel (necklace, key and tag); wood (box). It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This necklace is composed of multiple layers of gears constructed in the shape of a heart with wings. Tjepkema uses this intricate form to convey how "matters of the heart are never simple," and are composed of moments in life, assembled like a complex clockwork and include a tiny key to the heart.

This object was donated by Susan Lewin. It is credited The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Drawing, Textile Design
colored pencil on white paper.
1988-22-4

Chanin Building Gate, 1928
wrought iron, bronze.
Gift of Marcy Chanin.
1993-135-2

Drawing, Heart Motif, Textile Design
brush and gouache on paper.
Gift of Donald Cameron.
1992-51-68

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 49 × 9.4 × 1.5 cm (19 5/16 × 3 11/16 × 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

On reverse, gold square stamped, 'Clockwork Love Wings/Tjep'

Cite this object as

Clockwork Love Wings Gold Necklace In Box; Designed by Frank Tjepkema (Dutch, b. 1970); chemically etched, gold-plated stainless steel (necklace, key and tag); wood (box); H x W x D: 49 × 9.4 × 1.5 cm (19 5/16 × 3 11/16 × 9/16 in.); The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; 2016-34-111-a/d

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Jewelry of Ideas: Gifts from the Susan Grant Lewin Collection.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2kgsXB/
Accession Number 2016-34-111-a/d
Object ID 874387561