Ever More Saints
Original Medal Garland Necklace
Ever More Saints
The original 70” garland piece integrates medals collected by the artist over the course of over fifty years from churches and shrines in Italy and New York, as well as others cherished and handed down from parents, grandparents, and more distant ancestors. To echo that legacy, the chain is hand fused in pure silver with pure gold rose petals, and the links are hand forged. It measures 70 inches and is divided into 10 stations, the medieval number 10 representing purity, and each rose petal weighs 1.37 pennyweights, to align with some of the sacred numbers of Dante's Divine Comedy.
Ever More Saints was on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art Store in celebration of the Costume Institute’s Spring 2018 Exhibition Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.
Ever More Saints is currently on view in the Donna Distefano atelier in New York City.
Sarah Fairbank modeling Ever More Saints in The Met.
BESPOKE
More Saints: The original garland has led to several inspiring requests for new designs and styles. Donna Distefano is now offering custom necklaces from $100 and up depending on the pattern of charms and medals.
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Read more about Ever More Saints on our blog Metal, Fire, Love.
Sketch by Sarah Fairbank for Donna Distefano Ltd.