Navajo, Southwest
2010
Sterling silver, leather
Buckle 1 3/4 inches by 2 1/2 inches (4.4 by 6.4 cm)
Belt length 42 inches (106.7 cm)
224.30 grams
Signed
Provenance: Private collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The ranger set comprises a buckle, two keepers, and a tip, each worked in overlay with a dense stepped fret pattern in which an upper sheet of silver is cut and soldered over a darkened lower sheet. The cutting is fine and closely spaced, so the design reads as an interlocking geometric field rather than as separate motifs, and the effect carries across all four elements of the set. The pieces are mounted on a black leather belt worn smooth with use, and at 224 grams the silver is heavy for a set of this scale.
Overlay work depends entirely on the accuracy of the saw cutting, since the pattern exists as the boundary between the two soldered layers rather than as applied ornament. The stepped fret is drawn from Southwest architectural and textile vocabulary and is repeated here at a scale that leaves no margin for error in the joins. The set is signed on the reverse.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
Navajo, Southwest
2010
Sterling silver, leather
Buckle 1 3/4 inches by 2 1/2 inches (4.4 by 6.4 cm)
Belt length 42 inches (106.7 cm)
224.30 grams
Signed
Provenance: Private collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The ranger set comprises a buckle, two keepers, and a tip, each worked in overlay with a dense stepped fret pattern in which an upper sheet of silver is cut and soldered over a darkened lower sheet. The cutting is fine and closely spaced, so the design reads as an interlocking geometric field rather than as separate motifs, and the effect carries across all four elements of the set. The pieces are mounted on a black leather belt worn smooth with use, and at 224 grams the silver is heavy for a set of this scale.
Overlay work depends entirely on the accuracy of the saw cutting, since the pattern exists as the boundary between the two soldered layers rather than as applied ornament. The stepped fret is drawn from Southwest architectural and textile vocabulary and is repeated here at a scale that leaves no margin for error in the joins. The set is signed on the reverse.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
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