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Gold Jewelry Techniques: Granulation

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Watch a video demonstrating a granulation technique used in gold jewelry making, featuring Jenna Wainwright Fennell, Conservation Preparator.

Produced in association with the exhibition Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom, on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from November 4, 2013, through February 23, 2014.

Contributors

Director and Producer: Kate Farrell
Editor: Kate Farrell
Cameras: Kelly Richardson, Jessica Glass
Lighting: Ned Hallick
Original Music: Austin Fisher
Audio Post-Production: David Raymond

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Earring (one of a pair), Gold, Korea
Earring (one of a pair)
Korea
5th century
Necklace (part of a set), Gold, shell (Cassia rufa), Italian, probably Naples
Necklace (part of a set)
Italian, probably Naples
mid-19th century
Gold earrings with disk and boat-shaped pendant, Gold, East Greek
Gold earrings with disk and boat-shaped pendant
East Greek
ca. 300 BCE