Wearable book with enclosure:
THE DIARY OF AN ANTIQUARY.
2009

Dimensions:

Pendant structure (incl. harness), closed: 4.5 x 4.25 x 2” (11.4 x 10.8 x 5cm)
Pendant structure (incl. harness), open:
6.5 x 4.25 x 1” (16.5 x 10.8 x 2.5cm)

Chain: 56.5” (143.5cm)

Book, closed (w/clasp):
1.6 x 2.25 x .8” (4 x 5.7 x 2cm)
Pages, approx:
1.5 x 1.3 x .1” (3.8 x 3.3 x .25cm)

Chain from enclosure to book:
18” (45.6cm)

Stand:
5.75 x 3.25 x 3.25” (14.6 x 8.2 x 8.2cm)

Materials:

Enclosure: 19th-century wooden stereoscope lens housing, brass, fresh water pearls, engraving, unearthed glass, labradorites, steel key, 19th-century book end paper, New Zealand paua shell, steel, mica, 16th-century illuminated manuscript, pressed seaweed, harness element, soil.

Chain: Steel, brass, wood.

Book: 19th-century book cover fragments, unearthed brass Georgian fork, pocket watch winding crown, pearl, antique ivory, brass, 1920’s and contemporary linen thread, wax, gold leaf, 19th-century book end paper, feathers, 18th & 19th-century engravings, pressed seaweed, cicada wings, striated mica,
paper, soil.

Chain from enclosure to book: Antique copper-plated steel, brass.

Stand: Brass, antique Indian candlestick holder, 1920’s linen thread, wax, velvet, soil.

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