A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. A beaded colla...
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A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR.
A beaded collar necklace featuring round gilt glass beads in a woven design. Length: 355 mm; width: 32 to 57 mm.
Provenance: estate of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sold to benefit SOS Children's Villages, 2022.
THE ONLY COLLAR TO BE RELEASED BY THE GINSBURG ESTATE.
In 2009, Ruth Bader Ginsburg explained to the Washington Post the sartorial challenges of being one of the first two women on the United States Supreme Court: "The standard robe is made for a man because it has a place for the shirt to show, and the tie. [Justice O'Connor and I] thought it would be appropriate if we included as part of our robe something typical of a woman."
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, wore a jabot, an ornamental frill typically made of lace, to complement her robe. When Ginsburg joined the court in 1993, she too sported jabots. Soon, however, she branched out into collars of all construction, from the iconic white geometric collar she is most closely identified with to other versions incorporating different materials including stones and shells. Ginsburg wore a gaily beaded collar when she read her majority opinions, and a steely version for her dissents.
The present example bears much in common with Ginsburg's favorite collar, a white beaded example made in South Africa which she wore in multiple court photos and in her official Supreme Court portrait. This example features beaded strands woven in the familiar geometric design, though it sports small gold beads rather than white and adds the five petals to the neck.
This is one of the collars that Ginsburg kept in her Chambers at the Supreme Court. Many of Ginsburg's collars have been donated to institutions, including the Smithsonian and the Newberry Library; others have been gifted to family and friends. This example, however, is the only one to be released from the Ginsburg estate via SOS Children's Villages, one of Justice Ginsburg's favorite charitable causes.
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Women in Literature and Politics
A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR.
A beaded collar necklace featuring round gilt glass beads in a woven design. Length: 355 mm; width: 32 to 57 mm.
Provenance: estate of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sold to benefit SOS Children's Villages, 2022.
THE ONLY COLLAR TO BE RELEASED BY THE GINSBURG ESTATE.
In 2009, Ruth Bader Ginsburg explained to the Washington Post the sartorial challenges of being one of the first two women on the United States Supreme Court: "The standard robe is made for a man because it has a place for the shirt to show, and the tie. [Justice O'Connor and I] thought it would be appropriate if we included as part of our robe something typical of a woman."
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, wore a jabot, an ornamental frill typically made of lace, to complement her robe. When Ginsburg joined the court in 1993, she too sported jabots. Soon, however, she branched out into collars of all construction, from the iconic white geometric collar she is most closely identified with to other versions incorporating different materials including stones and shells. Ginsburg wore a gaily beaded collar when she read her majority opinions, and a steely version for her dissents.
The present example bears much in common with Ginsburg's favorite collar, a white beaded example made in South Africa which she wore in multiple court photos and in her official Supreme Court portrait. This example features beaded strands woven in the familiar geometric design, though it sports small gold beads rather than white and adds the five petals to the neck.
This is one of the collars that Ginsburg kept in her Chambers at the Supreme Court. Many of Ginsburg's collars have been donated to institutions, including the Smithsonian and the Newberry Library; others have been gifted to family and friends. This example, however, is the only one to be released from the Ginsburg estate via SOS Children's Villages, one of Justice Ginsburg's favorite charitable causes.
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