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MATL (Matilde Poulat) Raised-Amethyst Link Bracelet with Turquoise
MATL (Matilde Poulat)

Raised-Amethyst Link Bracelet with Turquoise

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Object record

Catalogue no.
MoMS-002294
Form
Bracelet
Date
1970s-90s
Materials
Amethyst, Turquoise
Dimensions
Length 8 in; width 3/4 in
Weight
42.30 g

Curatorial note

This MATL bracelet is built from linked rectangular stations, each centered by a raised amethyst and flanked by small turquoise cabochons. The scrollwork around each link gives the bracelet a dense, architectural rhythm while the turquoise and violet stones keep the surface bright and legible.

The form belongs to the MATL workshop's color-driven vocabulary: worked silver, repeated ornamental links, and carved or cabochon stones arranged as a complete decorative field rather than as isolated accents. The source listing records an 8 inch length and a three-quarter inch width, measurements that match the bracelet's long, narrow line and help identify this particular station-link form.

Matilde Poulat's workshop used Mexican popular and colonial sources to build an idiom separate from the streamlined Taxco modernism of the same period. This bracelet shows that language in a wearable band, where repeating silver scrolls and saturated stones carry the workshop's pictorial character around the wrist.

Sale history

MATILDE POULAT: Rare handmade vintage sterling silver textured finish amethyst, turquoise bracelet, length 8 inches. 1970s-90s

Omni Auction Corp · 2024-09-11

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How to cite this record

Museum of Mexican Silver. “Raised-Amethyst Link Bracelet with Turquoise.” Catalog no. MoMS-002294. https://museumofmexicansilver.com/pieces/matl-pyramid-amethyst-bracelet-with-turquoise

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