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Coppola e Toppo for Pucci Cluster Beaded Lucite Collar Necklace Vintage Italian

Name: Coppola e Toppo for Pucci Cluster Beaded Lucite Collar Necklace Vintage Italian
Brand: Coppola e Toppo
Price: 3700 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

This amazing and arresting Italian vintage cluster of pop hued plastic beads in orange/red and interspersed with crystal lucite clear beads is so dramatic on the neck. It is hallmarked Made in Italy Coppola e Toppo. It was commissioned by Emilio Pucci for Pucci by the brother and sister team of Coppola e Toppo. Bruno Coppola and Lyda Toppo began in MIlan Italy. Elsa Schiaparelli actually launched their career after commissioning them to do a line of faux beaded jewelry. All else followed was success by other couture designers in commissions. There are 6 rows of tight cluster plastic beads in alternating colors at random increments. They look like glass beads. This is like a large beaded dramatic collar on the neck. This is show stopping! I would say this is more on the rare side and pretty fabulous! This needs a woman who is dramatic and is very confident to wear such a piece. Your neck size must be a size 15" or smaller. A longer or taller neck is also better. The size is 7" L/ H and the width of the entire necklace on your neck is 7" W. Each side of the beaded cluster forms are 2.85" W. It is a great piece on your neck! This is so stunning for any seasons and a most conversational and dramatic beaded necklace. This would now be perfect for all seasons now of 2023. What a chic addition to your ensemble this will be!

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1960's

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Wear consistent with age and use.

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North Miami, FL

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1stDibs: LU25121863163

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Coppola e Toppo

Postwar Italian fashion jewelry company Coppola e Toppo created flamboyant, larger-than-life accessories that earned the brand legions of admirers in luxury houses and retail shops all over Europe. Working with unconventional materials such as gunmetal, crystal beads and Murano glass, Coppola e Toppo became known for its range of distinctive, vibrantly colored necklaces, earrings, bracelets and more.

Today, Coppola e Toppo is revered as an iconic producer of costume, or fashion, jewelry, which is designed to accessorize with current fashions and typically made with inexpensive materials. The Venice-born Lyda Coppola (1915–86) worked in postwar Milan at a tailor and learned jewelry design with Czech jewelry maker Ada Pollitzer. She launched her jewelry house in the late 1940s, and when she was married, she added her surname Toppo to the company name and was supported by her brother Bruno Coppola in her endeavor.

Although a feature in Vogue that ran shortly after Coppola e Toppo took shape proved to be a significant piece of publicity for the Italian brand — which would soon design lavish confections for the likes of Lanvin, Balmain, Valentino and others — the 1960s are said to have been a turning point for Coppola e Toppo, especially as the era’s fashion-conscious jewelry lovers increasingly became enamored with candy-colored gems. An embrace of free expression and fascination with cultures around the world took hold and resulted in vibrant jewelry with global influences.

Christian Dior and Balenciaga purchased numerous pieces from Coppola e Toppo that would adorn their models and be sold in their retail spaces, and many other clients and customers soon followed. Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli commissioned the jewelers to create a collection, which they titled Bijoux Voyagers.

In 2020, Italian businessman Pietro Paolo Longhitano and designer Rossella Jardini announced plans to relaunch the Coppola e Toppo brand, with a focus on the style and materials that made the brand famous in the first place.

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