“We think about vulcanized rubber as being the most quotidian material imaginable in the 21st century; it’s used to make car tires. But in the Victorian period … it was considered a material beautiful enough, rare enough, and valuable enough to make jewelry. – Jennifer Mass, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Cultural Heritage Science
Jennifer Mass (Victorian Mourning Necklace)
One More Thing
April 16, 2020
“We think about vulcanized rubber as being the most quotidian material imaginable in the 21st century; it’s used to make car tires. But in the Victorian period … it was considered a material beautiful enough, rare enough, and valuable enough to make jewelry. – Jennifer Mass, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Cultural Heritage Science
Research
Work-in-Progress: Jennifer L. Mass
Nineteenth-Century Black Patinas on Ancient Bronzes
September 22, 2020