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Couture CocoChanel-Rousselet-Style GlassGold FauxCarnelianPearl Torsade Necklace
About the Item
Beginning in the mid-1920s, Coco Chanel collaborated with Parisian Louis Rousselet for a wide variety of handcrafted unsigned glass-beaded costume jewelry to compliment her couture-clothing designs, many which adhered to a red-white-gold palette like her braided tweed suits and this rope necklace. This Art-Deco-period choker necklace is consistent with the French fashion designer's commissions with tri-color glass micro-beads and those arranged in a torsade of twisted stripes, while it is also representative of Rousselet's smallest metallic glass beads, beaded loops for attaching metal fasteners, and gilt twisted-toggle clasps. The tightly silk-strung necklace is woven into single-bead stripes between red faux-carnelian and white beads suggesting pearls.
The Met acquired a Chanel/Rousselet tri-color glass beaded and gold-gilt pendant that features the same red faux carnelian micro beads along with intricate metalwork, which it also dates to the Art Deco period prior to WWII.
To observe more craftsmanship that is likely rare Chanel/Rousselet jewelry, see our other listings, such as the Topaz Glass & Filigree Heart Camellia Beaded Demi-Parure, which includes a different necklace with a tri-color glass beaded buttoning bracelet.
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- Stone:Carnelian,Pearl
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- Dimensions:Width: 0.6 in (15 mm)Depth: 0.4 in (10 mm)Diameter: 2.76 in (70 mm)Length: 23.04 in (585 mm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1924-1940
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Chicago, IL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3244218345592
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