Caryatid Temple Cufflinks

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The Caryatid Temple Cufflinks are a pair of sterling silver cufflinks engraved with caryatids, the sculpted female figures that ancient Greek builders set in place of columns to ca rry the weight of a roof. Each link shows the figures standing in a row beneath the structure above them. The load is the point of the motif: the women are not figures placed against a wall but the columns themselves, taking the weight where a plain shaft would stand. Best known from ancient Athens, the caryatid stands for artistry doing structural work, worn as a cultural reference rather than as a religious one. Show more