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TRIFARI KUNIO MATSUMOTO vintage silver enamel rhinestone omega chain necklace
By Trifari
Located in Palos Hills, IL
DETAILS • signed TRIFARI KUNIO MATSUMOTO • silver tone with glass stone and enamel • vintage designer necklace MEASUREMENTS • 17" long CONDITION • very good vintage conditio...
Vintage Trifari by Kunio Matsumoto Rare Grapevine Necklace & Brooch Set 1980s
By Trifari
Located in Wilmslow, GB
A dreamy and incredibly beautiful vintage Trifari Kunio Matsumoto necklace and brooch demi-parure.
Kunio Matsumoto TRIFARI late 60s Silver and Goldtone Architectural Necklace
By Trifari
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A highly unusual late 1960s TRIFARI bi-color metal necklace in silvertone and goldtone, designed by Kunio Matsumoto for this well known fine vintage costume jewelry company of note.
Kunio Matsumoto 1960s TRIFARI Mixed Metals Silver and Goldtone Hinged Bracelet
By Trifari
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A highly unusual late 1960s TRIFARI bi-color metal hinged bracelet in silvertone and goldtone, designed by Kunio Matsumoto for this well known fine vintage costume jewelry company of...
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H 0.3 in W 1.13 in D 0.3 in Dm 1.13 in L 1.13 in
1950s Crown Trifari Rhodium Plated White Cabochon Clear Rhinestone Clip Earrings
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
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H 1.06 in W 1.06 in L 1.06 in
Vintage Signed Crown Trifari Faux-Peridot & Faux-Ruby Flower Clip Earrings c1961
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
Gold Plate
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H 2.88 in W 1.25 in D 0.3 in L 2.88 in
Vintage Signed Crown Trifari Rhodium Plated Faux-Sapphire Brooch
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
Gold Plate
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H 0.88 in W 0.88 in D 0.3 in L 0.88 in
Vintage Crown Trifari Tutti Fruity Fruit Salad White Acorn Clip Earrings
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
Gold Plate
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H 1.25 in W 0.81 in D 0.3 in Dm 0.81 in L 1.25 in
Vintage 1960s Signed Crown Trifari Faux-Pink Peridot Rhinestone Clip Earrings
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
Silver Plate
Vintage Signed Crown Trifari Rhodium Plate Navy Lucite Size 6 1/2 Ring
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
Gold Plate
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H 16.5 in W 3 in D 0.3 in Dm 3 in L 16.5 in
Vintage Signed Crown Trifari Goldtone Spiral Pendant Necklace, 1974 Ad Piece
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
Gold Plate
Vintage Signed Trifari Goldtone Carved Faux-Jade Ring Size 6 1/2
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
Gold Plate
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H 3.5 in W 0.5 in D 0.3 in Dm 0.5 in L 3.5 in
Vintage Trifari Rhinestone Equestrian Riding Helmet & Polo Mallet Brooch, 1959
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
Gold Plate
Vintage Crown Trifari Faux-Jade Pendant Necklace
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
Gold Plate
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H 7 in W 5.75 in L 7 in
Vintage 1950s Signed Crown Trifari Beaded Rhinestone Necklace/Detachable Brooch
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
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H 1 in W 0.75 in D 0.3 in Dm 0.75 in L 1 in
Vintage Trifari Faux-Turquoise & Clear Rhinestone Clip Earrings, 1949
By Alfred Philippe for Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
Gold Plate
Kunio Matsumoto For TRIFARI Rhinestone Dangle Earrings, 1970’s
By Trifari
Located in Atlanta, GA
1970’s era Trifari gold tone dangle earrings accented with sparkling crystal rhinestones by Japanese architect, Kunio Matsumoto, for Trifari. The drop dangle design is a beautiful b...
Gilt Metal
1970s Gilded Leaves Statement Choker Necklace By Kunio Matsumoto For Trifari
By Trifari
Located in McKinney, TX
- Vintage item - Measures 15" length with additional 3" extender chain - 2.25" Y drop - Gold plated - Hook clasp - By Kunio Matsumoto for Trifari (signed on verso) - Circa 1970...
Kunio Matsumoto for Trifari 1970s Sea Life Design Bracelet and Earrings Set
By Trifari
Located in Wigan, GB
This whimsical and pretty jewellery set was created by Kunio Matsumoto for Trifari in the late 1970s. Condition Report: Excellent The Details...
20th Century Gold Austrian Crystal & Pearl Necklace By Matsumoto For Trifari
By Trifari
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Signed on the underside of the central ornament and at the back of the fold over box style clasp, Trifari-Kunio Matsumoto. The central ornament measures approximately, 3.5" L x 2.5"...
Vintage Crown Trifari Golden Bark Ad Piece Bracelet 1955
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
Gold Plate
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H 1 in W 1 in D 0.2 in L 1 in
Vintage 1970s Signed Trifari Goldtone Brown & Ivory Lucite Square Clip Earrings
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
Gold Plate
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H 2.25 in W 1.25 in D 0.3 in Dm 1.25 in L 2.25 in
Vintage 1970s Signed Crown Trifari Off White Lucite Flower Drop Clip Earrings
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
Gold Plate
1970s Kunio Matsumoto for Trifari Goldtone Modernist Bracelet
By Trifari
Located in Chicago, IL
Goldtone Modernist bracelet designed by Kunio Matusmoto for Trifari. Matsumoto was a Japanese architect who designed jewelry for Trifari in the late 1970s.
20th Century Gold Austrian Crystal & Pearl Necklace By Matsumoto For Trifari
By Trifari
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Signed on the underside of the central ornament and at the back of the fold over box style clasp, Trifari-Kunio Matsumoto. The central ornament measures approximately, 3.5" L x 2.5"...
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H 0.94 in W 0.63 in D 0.3 in Dm 0.63 in L 0.94 in
Vintage Signed Crown Trifari Goldtone Leaves & Pastel Rhinestones Clip Earrings
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
Gold Plate
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H 1.13 in W 0.88 in D 0.3 in Dm 0.88 in L 1.13 in
Vintage Signed Crown Trifari Faux-Ruby & Peridot Rhinestone Clip Earrings
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
Gold Plate
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H 1.38 in W 0.63 in D 0.63 in Dm 0.63 in L 1.38 in
Vintage 1950s Signed Crown Trifari Goldtone Faux-Tortoise Drop Clip Earrings
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
Gold Plate
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H 1.38 in W 1.38 in D 0.3 in Dm 1.38 in L 1.38 in
Vintage 1950s Signed Crown Trifari Faux-Black Pearl & Rhinestone Clip Earrings
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
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H 17 in W 3.38 in D 0.3 in Dm 3.38 in L 17 in
Vintage Signed Crown Trifari Asian Style White Pendant Necklace, 1972 Ad Piece
By Trifari
Located in Easton, PA
Early jewelry, jewelry featured in advertisements, or by well-known designers like Diane Love, Kunio Matsumoto and Alfred Philippe are all highly sought after.
Gold Plate
Costume jewelry maker Trifari is widely loved for its fine craftsmanship and complex designs for necklaces, brooches and other jewelry and accessories.
The company was formed in New York during the early 1920s, when its partners Gustavo Trifari (who descended from a family of jewelers), Leo Krussman and Carl Fishel (business associates in hair-ornament manufacturing) recognized, as other designers during the Art Deco era such as Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel had, that fashion trends for affordable jewelry for everyday wear represented an opportunity (and that the popularity of shorter hairstyles didn’t bode well for their haircomb business).
Initially called Trifari, Krussman and Fishel Jewelry (T.K.F.), the trio eventually shortened their brand’s name, at the suggestion of an advertising professional, to Trifari in order to evoke the romance of Gustavo’s native Italy.
The hiring of French designer Alfred Philippe as head designer in 1930 was pivotal to Trifari’s success. A master craftsman who had worked with both Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels, Philippe set about establishing the same high-quality standards of materials and craftsmanship in the design of fashion jewelry and trained other Trifari artisans to do the same. Settings were delicate; crystals were hand set; designs, which sometimes featured dazzling floral motifs or exquisite depictions of marine life, were sophisticated and elegant, having both the look and feel of fine jewelry. First Lady Mamie Eisenhower wore a Trifari parure of faux pearls to her husband’s presidential inauguration in 1953 and Trifari glass pearls to his inaugural ball in 1957.
Before retiring in 1968, Philippe created Trifari’s most recognizable designs. In the 1930s, when the company was custom-making accessories for the stars of Broadway musicals, it was the crown motif: These brooches became so often identified with the brand that a crown was eventually incorporated into the trademark. In the 1940s, the “Jelly Bellies” inspired affection as well as knockoffs; these were animals, birds and insects sporting a “belly” of clear Lucite. Clip-Mates were another favorite and a technical marvel — two dress clips that, joined together, created a brooch.
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