H313 Interi Sold as a pair

Sold as a pair

It is mounted on the mica and calcite base and adorned with crystals

Size: 19" by 3" round

The Italian church fragment artifact

Pair of Italian papier-mache pompoms on a base with 18th century Italian gold leaf church textile

H313 Interi Sold as a pair18th century Italian meca pom pom tassel on a coordinating chalcopyrite mineral base. This tassel was originally hung from an 18th century Italian chandelier. Many tassels were used to decorate churches on religious feast days. Others were commonly used to decorate 18 19th century French and Italian chandeliers. The hand carved, gold leaf tassel was then mounted onto chalcopyrite. The historical piece is put together in a contemporary sculptural form