MiriamHaskell 1926-1929 FrankHess Glass Crystal Shell Pearl Coral Silver Sautoir

Long before Barbie, Elsa Schiaparelli famously embraced "shocking pink" for her Surrealist-aesthetic couture clothing and handcrafted costume jewelry, which she commissioned from Parisian paruriers beginning in the late 1920s--when some of the most expensive jewels were fuchsia Burmese rubies. In this antique glass-beaded sautoir tassel-necklace, 37 "shocking pink" balls are each delicately caged like hot-air balloons by seven textural strands of faux-pearl-and-gold seed beads. These spherical stations are spaced by lustrous white medium-size faux pearls, ending in a four-strand seed-bead tassel that cages four of the fuchsia faux pearls. The beads are strung on bright magenta silk cord without a clasp. Sautoirs were an essential element of flapper style since Schiaparelli's couture-mentor Paul Poiret changed the silhouette of clothing in the 1920s, while the long necklaces remained popular until wartime 1939. To compete with her rival couturier Gabriel "Coco" Chanel, Schiaparelli (1890-1973) relied on the same French glassmakers, Maison Gripoix and Louis Rousselet--the masters of faux pearls at the time who added organic-ingredient coatings to their handmade glass beads. Either glass workshop that was established by the 1920s could have been commissioned to make the progressive hot-pink pearls for this unsigned necklace that dates to the Art Deco period. The design of this highly-textural tri-color sautoir featuring fuchsia spheres particularly suits the style of one of Schiaparelli's most frequent paruriers through the 1930s, Jean Clement. Some of his relevant unsigned work for Schiaparelli is in museum collections like The Met, including highly-textural tri-color sphere-decorated buttons/brooches and a fuchsia-toned metal-rosebud bead necklace. After Schiaparelli had become associated with fuchsia, she made particularly prolific use of this bright magenta in the late 1930s. In her demi-couture collections such as "Circus" and "Comedia del' Arte" (see our 3 photos), fuchsia jackets are adorned with similar colorful spherical glass beads among embroidered appliques and animal/clown brooches, as well as whimsical painted-ceramic buttons...

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PLEASE NOTE: THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY IN ANOTHER LOCATION. PLEASE ALLOW POSSIBLE MAXIMUM TIME FRAME OF 4-6 WEEKS TO SHIP**** Beaded necklace consists of: - 18" length - diamond and silver clasp at bottom that opens and closes allowing to remove/replace pendant. Suitable for multi use - 2 rose cut diamond and silver large spacer beads - Rose cut diamond and silver closing top clasp Heart pendant consists of: - 925 sterling silver ***PHOTO OF MODEL...

PLEASE NOTE: THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY IN ANOTHER LOCATION. PLEASE ALLOW POSSIBLE MAXIMUM TIME FRAME OF 4-6 WEEKS TO SHIP**** Beaded necklace consists of: - 37" length total - double sided diamond and opal large oval clasp that opens and closes allowing for removal/change of pendant - jade beads - crystal beads - polki and pave diamond 925 sterling silver tumbler beads - green agate beads...

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