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17K Gold Link Bracelet with Floral Engraving and Pyramid Cabochon Stones
Located in Chicago, IL
This handsome, gold link bracelet is beautifully detailed. Each link is set with a rectangular, pyramid cabochon stone. The stones are framed by a delicate, scrolling pattern in the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Link Bracelets
Materials
Gold
Georg Jensen Sterling Grapes and Leaves Brooch and Earrings Made in Denmark
By Georg Jensen
Located in Chicago, IL
This sterling pin and earrings set is one of the classic designs of Georg Jensen. The design, known as Moonlight Grapes, features a brooch with a three-dimensional cluster of grapes ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
Circa 1920s or 1930s 10K Gold Chain Link Cufflinks with Double Enameled Faces
Located in Chicago, IL
These circa 1920s or 1930s chain link style cufflinks have an elegant, geometric design. They are done in 10K gold with black, linear enameling. A simple frieze decorates their sligh...
Category
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Cufflinks
Materials
10k Gold
Early Hermès Collier de Chien Cuff Bracelet Red Leather CDC with Gold Hardware
By Hermès
Located in Chicago, IL
This iconic Hermès Collier de Chien cuff bracelet is made of lipstick red leather with gold plated hardware. This classic design was adapt...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Cuff Bracelets
Materials
Gold Plate
Futuristic Paco Rabanne Heavy Link Pendant Necklace with Logo Clasp
By Paco Rabanne
Located in Chicago, IL
Wonderful, futuristic necklace by Paco Rabanne with heavy links and Rabanne "r" logo on the clasp. It has a kind of space age industrial style.
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Category
Vintage 1960s Modernist Link Necklaces
Sculptural Bronze Pendant Necklace and Bracelet Set Attributed to Jack Boyd
By Jack Boyd
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand wrought, sculptural bronze set attributed to Jack Boyd combines an organic modern simplicity with a hint of brutalism. The elegantly curved sections of the neck ring and br...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Bronze
Boar Tusk and Sterling Earrings by Chicago Jeweler Theodore Drendel
Located in Chicago, IL
These dramatic earrings by Chicago jeweler Ted Drendel beautifully combine ancient and modern elements. The fierce looking boar tusks are countered by...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Artisan Drop Earrings
Brutalist Brass Necklace with Sculptural High Relief Pendant
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand wrought brass necklace features an abstract pendant constructed in fairly high relief for the scale. It has torch cut edges, accents of oxidation, and a kind of architectur...
Category
Vintage 1970s Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Brass
Anne-Marie Black Suede Handbag Shaped Like a Folding Fan
By Anne-Marie
Located in Chicago, IL
This sweet figural handbag is shaped like a folding hand fan. It's done in a fine, black suede on a frame of gold plated brass. A zippered opening allo...
Category
1950s French Novelty Bags
Flower Shaped Handbag in Cream Leather with Gilt Metal Accents
Located in Chicago, IL
This darling, flower shaped handbag has wonderful details. The round body of the bag is accessed by way of a zipper. The front and back of the bag each have a 3-dimensional flower wi...
Category
1940s Novelty Bags
Jeanne Bernard of Paris Black Suede Coffee Grinder Shaped Handbag
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming figural handbag is shaped like an old fashioned coffee grinder. It's covered in a fine, black suede with details and accents in gold plated brass. The inside of the lid that opens up for access to the main body of the bag has a little mirror attached, and the "hopper dome" on top is a compact with a feathery powder puff and another mirror. There is a little "ground coffee" drawer in the bottom that pulls out to hold your little bits and pieces. It has a woven cord handle with a tassel accent. The Jeanne Bernard...
Category
1950s French Novelty Bags
Native American Sterling Silver and Turquoise Petit Point Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
Large scale sterling and turquoise petit point style ring, c. 1920s or 1930s. The face of the ring is eye shaped with small, round, bezel set turquoise dotting the edge and forming a...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Native American Fashion Rings
Materials
Turquoise, Sterling Silver
Antique Woven Sterling Mesh Belt with Gold Wash and Elaborate Filigree Buckle
Located in Chicago, IL
This c. late 19th or early 20th century belt is made of woven sterling wire mesh. It has a gold wash finish, an elaborate filigree buckle, keyhole shaped buckle stops, and a triangul...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Belts
Abstract Sculptural Necklace and Earrings Set
By Carnegie
Located in Chicago, IL
This necklace and earring set has an abstract modern design. The pendant and earring drops are constructed of square stock rods and hollow ba...
Category
Vintage 1960s Modernist Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Silver Plate
Pierre Cardin Futuristic Silk Shoulder Bag with Metal Panels and Chain Strap
By Pierre Cardin
Located in Chicago, IL
This Pierre Cardin evening bag has a space age sensibility, an iconic style of this designer. The use of the metal panels lends a futuristic, high tech feel to the simple, silk, flap...
Category
1960s French Evening Bags and Minaudières
Oscar de la Renta Red Silk Taffeta Gown with Tiered Skirt and Ruffled Cuffs
By Oscar De La Renta
Located in Chicago, IL
This striking Oscar de la Renta gown is made of a vivid red taffeta which flashes a bit when moving. The style is reminiscent of 19th century dresses with the fitted bodice and sleev...
Category
1970s American Evening Gowns
Mollie Parnis Pink Silk Gown Wrap Style with Ruffled Edges and Skirt Slit
By Mollie Parnis
Located in Chicago, IL
This Mollie Parnis pink taffeta gown has a fixed wrap style with a sexy overlap/slit in front for a peak of leg. The edges are trimmed with playful ruffles, and the fitted sleeves ha...
Category
1970s American Evening Dresses
Mod Coat with Abstract Op Art Houndstooth Print Fabric
By Count Romi
Located in Chicago, IL
This mod coat has great fabric with a highly enlarged and slightly abstracted houndstooth plaid pattern. The cut is trim with a double breasted front and a slightly flared skirt. The...
Category
1960s American Coats
Dalton Shocking Pink Cashmere Cardigan Fishnet Sweater with Waist Tie
Located in Chicago, IL
This vibrant pink cardigan has an unusual fishnet pattern on the front that highlights and flatters your curves. The braided tie laces through the openings in the net. As shown, the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Cardigans
Silk Cocktail Dress Sleeveless with Red Roses Print Fabric
Located in Chicago, IL
This chic cocktail dress has deep red silk fabric with a painterly, watercolor style roses print. The fabric "flashes" as it moves, like sharkskin or iridescent fabric does. This str...
Category
1950s Cocktail Dresses
Modernist Sterling Necklace with Geometric Pendant
Located in Chicago, IL
This sterling neck ring with integrated geometric pendant has a space age style. The two part pendant has a nice dimensionality, as the oval part at ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Modernist Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Sterling Silver
1940s Wolock & Bauer Cowhide and Suede Pumps
Located in Chicago, IL
These shapely pumps have a classic pin up style of the early 1940s. Their lovely curved lines are offset and enhanced by the angled, checkerboard piecing of black suede and black cow...
Category
1940s American Shoes
Piedra Y Plata Sterling and Obsidian Parure Necklace Bracelet and Earrings
By Piedra Y Plata
Located in Chicago, IL
Striking necklace, bracelet and earrings set from Piedra Y Plata, the Taxco silver workshop of Felipe Martinez. The geometric designs utilize the contr...
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Modernist Choker Necklaces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Black Satin Art Deco Style Evening Blouse with Rhinestones and Beading
Located in Chicago, IL
Elegant black sleeveless evening blouse with a deep "swag" of stud set rhinestones down the back. The rhinestones start on the left shoulder, run down the back and then up over the r...
Category
1940s American Blouses
Sterling Necklace Neck Ring with Ceramic Bead Dangles
Located in Chicago, IL
Handmade sterling necklace with long dangles. The neck ring has an integrated, tension hook/closure. The dangles are strung with tubular sterling beads and ceramic beads...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Artisan Choker Necklaces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pierre Cardin Space Age Pendant with Enameled Accents
By Pierre Cardin
Located in Chicago, IL
Fantastic, space age pendant with unusual enamelwork by Pierre Cardin.
I believe this handmade pendant would have originally hung on a drop from a neck ring, and that the jump ring ...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Modernist Drop Necklaces
Whimsical Mexican Sterling and Turquoise Fish Necklace
Located in Chicago, IL
This Mexican sterling necklace has an oversized pendant made up of silver fish with turquoise eyes. The two rows of stylized fish are hinged together to add movement and to make this...
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Modernist Choker Necklaces
Materials
Turquoise, Sterling Silver
Victorian Gutta Percha Cross Necklace with Graduated Link Chain
Located in Chicago, IL
This beautifully carved, gutta percha necklace has a wonderful, Victorian Gothic quality. The chain is bold, and the graduated links each have tw...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Chain Necklaces
Margaret De Patta Abstract Sterling Brooch Mid-century Modern Free Form
Located in Chicago, IL
This abstract sterling brooch dates to the early 1940s when Margaret De Patta attended the Institute of Design in Chicago. This piece was bought from her by a fellow student at the I...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
Frances Higgins Fused Glass Brooch with Embedded Brass and Thread
By Frances Higgins
Located in Chicago, IL
Frances and Michael Higgins were masters in the art of fused glass. Having met at the Chicago Institute of Design, they worked together there to develop and refine methods of fusing glass...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Brooches
Frances Higgins Fused Glass Hair Pin
By Frances Higgins
Located in Chicago, IL
Frances and Michael Higgins were masters in the art of fused glass. Having met at the Chicago Institute of Design, they worked together there to develop and refine methods of fusing glass...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Brooches
Lillian Kalan Brutalist Sterling Necklace with Geode
By Lillian Kalan
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual necklace has a chic, brutalist quality. The combination of the "crumpled" and pierced silver with the amethyst geode setting gives it a raw, modern kind of feel. It has ...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Artisan Drop Necklaces
Materials
Amethyst, Sterling Silver
Lillian Kalan Sterling and Amber Brutalist Necklace
By Lillian Kalan
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressive necklace has a chic, brutalist quality. The large scale combined with the high impact design creates a kind of warrior princess effect.
It was designed and made by ...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Artisan Drop Necklaces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mexican Sterling and Black Leather Belt with X Decorations
Located in Chicago, IL
This c. 1930s or 1940s black leather belt is accented with five Mexican sterling "X"s. They have a great surface design which makes them appear to be made of two interwoven pieces. T...
Category
1940s Mexican Belts
Rosenfeld Brown Leather and Floral Velvet Handbag
By Harry Rosenfeld
Located in Chicago, IL
This roomy, "big mouth" bag was designed by Harry Rosenfeld. The frame, handles and bottom of the bag are brown leather. The sides are velvet printed with roses in gold, brown, deep ...
Category
1950s American Top Handle Bags
Holzman Oversized Elliptical Tapestry Handbag
By Holtzmann's
Located in Chicago, IL
This exceptional handbag has an elliptical form with integrated cut-out handles. The side panels are made from a tapestry fabric with raised floral patterns. The central body, inside...
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