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Chanel Black Rhodium

Chanel Haute Couture Semi Precious Necklace FW 2006
Chanel Haute Couture Semi Precious Necklace FW 2006

Chanel Haute Couture Semi Precious Necklace FW 2006

By Maison Goossens for Chanel

Located in New York, NY

Massive Maison Goossens for Chanel Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2006 artisan inspired long multistrand semiprecious stone bead necklace. Composed of multi strands of jet, tumbled, facet...

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Chanel Black & White Pearl Necklace, Autumn 2015 Collection
Chanel Black & White Pearl Necklace, Autumn 2015 Collection

Chanel Black & White Pearl Necklace, Autumn 2015 Collection

By Chanel

Located in New York, NY

A cool and edgy Chanel faux pearl long necklace with black spray paint design.

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2010s French Beaded Necklaces

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Chanel 80's Black Gripoix Cross Glass Pendant Necklace
Chanel 80's Black Gripoix Cross Glass Pendant Necklace

Chanel 80's Black Gripoix Cross Glass Pendant Necklace

By Chanel

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Rare Chanel black gripoix necklace with double-strand chain and detachable cross pin, 1982. Comes from a private collection and has never been worn. In the original vintage Chanel box.

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Chanel Woven Leather & Rhinestone Chain Bracelet, 2018
Chanel Woven Leather & Rhinestone Chain Bracelet, 2018

Chanel Woven Leather & Rhinestone Chain Bracelet, 2018

By Chanel

Located in New York, NY

Chanel iconic woven leather in chain link design bracelet. There are six large 1 by 1.25 inch links followed by a 2.5 inch extender chain finished with a Chanel interlocking CC logo ...

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Chanel Tricolor Gripoix Coin Necklace
Chanel Tricolor Gripoix Coin Necklace

Chanel Tricolor Gripoix Coin Necklace

By Chanel

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Chanel blue, red and green gripoix necklace with goldtone logo coins. Collection 25, early 1980s. Comes with original box.

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Vintage 1980s French Beaded Necklaces

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Chanel Black & White Pearl Necklace, Autumn 2015 Collection
Chanel Black & White Pearl Necklace, Autumn 2015 Collection

Chanel Black & White Pearl Necklace, Autumn 2015 Collection

By Chanel

Located in New York, NY

A cool and edgy Chanel faux pearl long necklace with black spray paint design.

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2010s French Beaded Necklaces

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Chanel 70" Silver, Black & Grey Pearl Long Necklace, 2018 Vacation Collection
Chanel 70" Silver, Black & Grey Pearl Long Necklace, 2018 Vacation Collection

Chanel 70" Silver, Black & Grey Pearl Long Necklace, 2018 Vacation Collection

By Chanel

Located in New York, NY

A Chanel striking and chic 72 inch black glass bead and faux silver & grey pearl necklace from the 2018 Vacacion Collection.

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Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Tote With Rhodium Hardware
Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Tote With Rhodium Hardware

Chanel Black Quilted Lambskin Tote With Rhodium Hardware

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Located in Palm Beach, FL

Chanel Black Tote proves that one can be practical and stylish!

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Chanel Covered Chain Lambskin Shoulder Bag in Black with Rhodium Hardware
Chanel Covered Chain Lambskin Shoulder Bag in Black with Rhodium Hardware

Chanel Covered Chain Lambskin Shoulder Bag in Black with Rhodium Hardware

By Chanel

Located in Westhampton Beach, NY

Very chic Chanel bag in excellent condition. Fabric lining with snap closure and one zip pocket. Comes with Chanel dustbag. Measures 12 inches x 7 inches with a strap drop of 6 inche...

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21st Century and Contemporary Shoulder Bags

Chanel Single Flap Classic Bag With Rhodium Hardware
Chanel Single Flap Classic Bag With Rhodium Hardware

Chanel Single Flap Classic Bag With Rhodium Hardware

By Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Chanel Classic Black Shoulder Bag With Rhodium Hardware is a must for any connoisseur of all things "Coco".

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Chanel Black Rhodium For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the chanel black rhodium you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. Each design created in this style — which was crafted with great care and often made from rhodium, mixed metal and silver — can elevate any look. Find an antique version now, or shop for 8 vintage or 5 modern creation for a more contemporary example of these cherished accessories. Finding the perfect chanel black rhodium may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. There have been many well-made iterations of the classic chanel black rhodium over the years, but those made by Chanel, Artisan NYC and Elsa Schiaparelli are often thought to be among the most beautiful. A chanel black rhodium of any era or style can lend versatility to your look, but a version featuring pearl, from our inventory of 2, is particularly popular. Today, if you’re looking for a bead version of this piece and are unable to find the perfect match, our selection also includes brilliant cut and mixed cut alternatives. If you’re browsing our inventory for a chanel black rhodium, you’ll find that many are available today for women, but there are still pieces to choose from for unisex and men.

How Much is a Chanel Black Rhodium?

Prices for a chanel black rhodium can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, these accessories begin at $353 and can go as high as $50,430, while this accessory, on average, fetches $2,425.

Chanel for sale on 1stDibs

In the years following the opening of her modest millinery shop, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel became a pivotal designer of both fashionable casual wear and Paris haute couture as well as an icon and arbiter of 20th-century style with her bob haircut and pearls. Today vintage Chanel handbags, jackets and evening dresses are among the most sought-after clothing and accessories for fashion lovers all over the world.

The first Chanel shop was established in 1910 in Paris on rue Cambon by the young milliner Gabrielle Chanel (1883–1971), who had picked up the nickname “Coco” while working as a club singer. The boutique drew the attention of the Parisian fashion elite who popularized her wide-brimmed Chanel Modes hats. Soon she added a sportswear store in the Normandy resort town of Deauville, where Coco set the tone for her defining sense of style — traditionally masculine garments reimagined for feminine shapes, made from simple jersey fabric.

Effortless and elegant, Chanel's designs promoted comfort and grace in women’s wear that had been dominated in the previous century by complicated layers of fabric and cumbersome corsets. She followed this success with a couture house, opened in 1915 in Biarritz.

But Chanel was not born into a life of glamour. Following the death of her mother, her father left her in an orphanage where she lived until the age of 18. It was there that she learned to sew as well as appreciate the classic pairing of black and white as worn by the nuns.

In 1926, Chanel introduced her first little black dress, reclaiming a color that had once been reserved for mourning and working-class women. That same decade, she debuted her perfume, Chanel No. 5, as well as the Chanel suit with a fitted skirt, inspired by the boxy lines of men’s clothing and employing a sporty tweed. 

Chanel closed her fashion operations during World War II, then returned to the industry in 1954 to design for the functional needs of modern women.

Structure and wearability endured in all of Chanel’s clothing and accessories, like the quilted leather 2.55 handbag — a 1955 update of a 1920s-era design — with its gold-chain shoulder strap that freed up a woman’s hands. The 1957 two-tone slingback pumps had a practical heel height while offering a bold statement in the black tip of the shoes. Her collarless jacket reacted against the constricting styles of Christian Dior's New Look, replacing them with a design that was timeless, an instant classic. 

After Coco Chanel died in 1971, the brand underwent several changes in leadership, including fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, who took over as artistic director in 1983. His collections for Chanel displayed his knack for synthesizing old and new, high and low. Lagerfeld revived Chanel ballet flats and thoroughly embraced the classic logo's interlocking CCs, which took the form of a clasp featured on so many of the rare Chanel bags that are much sought after today.

Vintage Karl Lagerfeld designs for Chanel dresses, coats and other clothing of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s riffed on its iconography, accenting a lexicon of Chanel-isms with tastes of the moment. And as the 1990s have become associated with styles adopted by today’s supermodels and influencers, vintage Chanel bags of the 1990s are among the most prized of the brand’s offerings.

Over the years, the company has continued to innovate, such as expanding into ready-to-wear fashion in 1978 and, in 2002, establishing a subsidiary company — Paraffection — dedicated to preserving the heritage skills of fashion artisan workshops. The House of Chanel still operates its flagship on rue Cambon in Paris, where it all began.

Browse vintage Chanel bags, evening dresses, shoes, jewelry and other clothing and accessories on 1stDibs.