Vintage Gripoix Translucent Flowers on Long Pearl Sautoir

Vintage Gripoix Red MDV Paris Flower Necklace. This necklace is so spectacular. The flower is like the Chanel Camelia. This just oozes class. Something about this is just so specia...

Vintage Faux Pearl Choker With Cascading Long Necklace Circa 1990s. This spectacular Choker/necklace has a 3 row choker that then has many da...

Vintage Gripoix Translucent Earrings with Pieces Of Gold. Dangling Earrings With Pieces of Gold and Stones. Long Necklace/Sautoir on Site to Match. So Gorgeous! This matches the necklace and sometimes when a set is matched it is magical and this translucent dangling pate de verre is one of them. Clip On. Guy de Maupassant wrote a famous story about a necklace. The story is about a young, pretty, intelligent, well educated but poorly endowed bride who has to marry a petty official; and thus suffering from the limitations of living a life with a husband that lacked any exquisite qualities. In order to entertain his dejected spouse, one day her husband gets an invitation to a ball and gives his wife 400 francs he had saved for a hunting rifle so that she would be able to order an appropriate dress. However, when the dress is ready it becomes clear that it is lacking jewelry; and it would be impossible to attend the ball while looking so poor. The protagonist approaches her rich childhood friend with whom she was raised together at the monastery and borrows a diamond necklace from her. The ball is a great success and she is the centre of attention. However when the woman returns home, she discovers that she has lost the necklace. In order to conceal her faux pas from her friend, she buys a new necklace identical to the one she lost, and to pay it off the woman gets into a huge debt which over the years gradually drags her down the social ladder from bourgeoisie to poverty. Ten years later, having lost her good looks, the woman encounters her friend on the Champs Elysees, who still looks young, beautiful and rich. The protagonist reveals to her friend the whole story about the necklace, but her friend replies in amazement that the diamonds were fake and would “cost 500 francs at most”. Maison Gripoix starts out with a dramatic story. In 1869 (or a year earlier, according to other sources), Paris master glass-maker Augustina Gripoix began making replicas of pearls and crystals; casting glass into different shapes and colours and inserting them into most sophisticated settings. She used the pâte de verre (glass paste) technique, whereby a traditional ceramic or qypsum form was filled with a multi-colour pieces of glass and special gluing substances and then baked in a furnace, resulting in objects featuring fantastical hues. Only Augustina made her crystals by pouring the melted glass paste into the press moulds skipping the furnace step, allowing her to achieve the purity of colour, transparency and shine. She found a simple method to make beautiful jewelry and thus Marquises, Duchesses and Princesses qued up ... so Madame Gripoix would make them replicas of their own jewelry in case of robbery or loss, or some unusual jewelry pieces for their new wraps, neckpieces, or boas. The so-called ‘costume jewelry’ emerged to a large extent thanks to the work of Maison Gripoix. Augustina Gripoix earned her fame in the 1890’s when she started making necklaces for Sarah Bernhardt to wear on stage; and later the costume jewelry for the first high fashion house of Charles Frederick Worth. Later on, Paul Poiret, the leading couturier of the 1910’s contacted her and she created sophisticated oriental style jewelry for him to match his famous oriental costumes based on the aesthetic of Diaghilev’s initial Russian seasons. The value of costume jewelry was now being recognized in its own right; and not just for imitation purposes. The taste of emancipated young girls, who were gaining more and more freedom and opportunities, was best met with bijouterie. So in the 1920, when Augustina’s daughter Susan became the head of the House; Gripoix prospects became even more exciting. Girls with short-cropped hair in short dresses zoomed by in open-top cars wearing bijou rather than diamonds. Everyone ordered bijouterie from Madam Gripoix during this period, from Jeanne Lanvin to Jean Piguet...

Vintage French Single Strand of Faux Pearls Necklace. This is so lovely to wear alone and Plain or to do many things with. Wear a Brooch on it or Wrap it Double. A very beautiful Fr...

Vintage Givenchy Pearl and Dangling Pear Drop Gripoix Circa 1980s. Vintage Givenchy Runway Show Sample Piece. Created for the Defile only. Gorgeous ...

Vintage Billy Boy Gold Tone Evil Eye Long Necklace Sautoir. Double Strands of Gold Chain and Double Pieces of Evil Eye that are Enameled with Red, Green and White. They are then j...

This authentic Chanel Red Gripoix and Pearl Sautoir Necklace is in excellent vintage condition from the 1980's. Deep red raindrop shaped Gripoix glass beads alternate with faux pear...

This necklace is made of large oval pearls accented with handmade antique wooden beads with silver inlay. The removable tassel stands out with a l...

Long pearl diamond sautoir necklace Step- and single-cut diamonds, cultured pearls; French assay mark for platinum Size: length 53 inches T...

1981 Chanel 24k gold plated sautoir necklace made from textured gold links, baroque pearls and two sizes of oval, hammered gold bezel-set dark blue & clear Gripoix glass beads. Necklace was purchased by original owner at Bergdorf Goodman in the 1980's. Not show in photos, necklace has a small round tag with the Chanel stamp, CC logo in the center and year next to copyright. Comes with original gray velvet...

material:Brass, Vintage 1970s Japanese glass pearls, glass beads, American 1970s metal parts size:around81cm Vintage Japanese pearls from the ...

vintage CHANEL 93A green Gripoix poured glass beads faux Pearl sautoir necklace Reference: BMPA/A00148 Brand: Chanel Designer: Karl Lagerfeld Collection: 93A Material: Metal, Gripoix...