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Jewelry Type: Fashion Jewelry
CHANEL gold metal 21A CHATEAU DES DAMES LOGO TEXTURED CC Brooch
By Chanel
Located in Zürich, CH
This 100% authentic Chanel Large CC brooch in beige gold-tone metal is a striking statement piece with intricate detailing. Featuring an ornate embossed texture, it is further enhanc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brooches
Egyptian Revival French Art Deco Necklaces
Located in New York, NY
Egyptian Revival French Art Deco Necklaces from the 1920's. Old stock unworn pieces from a French factory. Many designs available in gilt or s...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
$595 / item
FW2008 Chanel Maxi Enamel and fancy Pearls golden Brooch
By Chanel
Located in PARIS, FR
Chanel brooch from the Fall Winter 2008 collection in lightly gilded metal (between gold and silver), XXL format, ecru, gray and black enamel cabochons, black, gray and white rhinest...
Category
Early 2000s French Brooches
House Pins by LUCINDA vintage unique brooch
Located in Palos Hills, IL
DETAILS
• signed
• epoxy over card stock paper
• vintage designer brooch
MEASUREMENTS
•
CONDITION
• very good vintage condition with minimal signs of wear
Sku 43
❤️...
Category
Vintage 1980s Brooches
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
CHANEL gold 23C MONTE CARLO CHARMS HANGER Brooch
By Chanel
Located in Zürich, CH
This 100% authentic Chanel Clothing Hanger brooch in gold-tone metal and black resin is a dazzling statement piece adorned with symbolic charms. Featuring strass-encrusted stars, a f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brooches
Trifari Moonstone Jeweled Crown
Located in New York, NY
Trifari Moonstone Jeweled Crown from the 1960's. A design from the 1940's remade by Trifari a few decades later. Faux moonstone with red, blue, green cry...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Artisan Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
Chanel CC Silver Metal Chain and Ribbon
By Chanel
Located in PARIS, FR
Chanel brooch inspired by the famous CC acronym in silver metal chain interlaced with a ribbon of the same metal in reference to the shoulder strap of the Classic bag. Width 4.75cm x...
Category
2010s French Brooches
Materials
Base Metal
CHANEL gold 22P CC HEART Brooch
By Chanel
Located in Zürich, CH
This 100% authentic Chanel heart brooch in gold-tone metal is a timeless expression of the house’s iconic elegance. Featuring intricate signature e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brooches
CHANEL gold 21S LARGE CC BEADS Brooch
By Chanel
Located in Zürich, CH
This 100% authentic Chanel Large CC brooch in beige gold-tone metal is a refined take on the house’s iconic emblem. Crafted with intricate beaded detailing, it exudes understated ele...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brooches
Vintage Art Deco gold silver tone rhinestone butterfly designer brooch
Located in Palos Hills, IL
DETAILS
• unsigned
• gold silver tone with rhinestones
• vintage designer brooch
MEASUREMENTS
•
CONDITION
• very good vintage condition with minimal signs of wear
Sku...
Category
Vintage 1930s Brooches
18K English Dragon Signet Ring
Located in New York, NY
Elegant 18K English Dragon Signet Ring from the 1940's. Tapered band is decorated with repousse patterns with a central dragons head. Beautiful quality....
Category
Vintage 1970s British Art Deco Brooches
Materials
18k Gold
Chanel 2020 Broche CC Silver Twist CC Maxi Brooch
By Chanel
Located in PARIS, FR
Chanel brooch from 2020 with a large CC logo motif in twisted and shaped blackened silver metal. Width 4.7 cm x height 3.25 cm. The brooch comes without an invoice or original packag...
Category
2010s French Brooches
Chanel C24 Large Oversized CC Pearl Brooch Dropped Pearl Ball
By Chanel
Located in PUTNEY, NSW
The Chanel B18 Tennis Racket Rhinestone CC Brooch is a distinctive and collectible piece from Chanel’s 2018 collection. This brooch features a tennis racket design adorned with rhine...
Category
2010s European Contemporary Brooches
$1,305 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Art Deco Paste Fob Lapel Watch 1920s (see condition report)
Located in Wilmslow, GB
An Art Deco paste fob watch. An unsigned beauty. During the 1920s & 30s Art Deco style reigned supreme. The bold new designs flowed though to fashion introducing streamlined, geometr...
Category
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Brooches
Vintage Swag Double Dress Clip 1940s
Located in Wilmslow, GB
A Vintage swag double dress clip from the 1940s. Wear as a brooch or as a pair of dress clips. An effortlessly stylish work of Art Deco craftmanship.
During the 1920s & 30s the Art D...
Category
Vintage 1940s Brooches
Antique Amuletic Dozen RockCrystals CagedRing Medieval Style Gilt Bronze Pendant
Located in Chicago, IL
This antique amuletic bronze framed pendant cages a dozen 7mm-diameter single-cut rock crystals that each feature a table-cut decagon crown, deep pavilion, 21 facets and uncut girdle, while the culets range from off-center to blunted. They are tightly set within four linked rings to overlap at the same angle in a sparkling single row. Seeming to retain a little of its original yellow-gold gilding on just the interior, the frame that surrounds each of the four sections of three crystals enables them to reflect pale-yellow-and-lime light when the pendant is viewed from certain angles. Each crystal can be manually rotated.
Suggesting French heritage, the Medieval Frankish culture in northern France made jewelry in similar segmented or openwork shapes of wheels or whorls, which were worn as gem-decorated disk-shaped brooches or gold-caged rock...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Renaissance Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gilt Metal, Bronze, Copper
Ciner Pave and Gilt Flower Brooch Suite
By Ciner
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Ciner Pave and Gilt Flower Brooch Suite from the 1960's. Tiny heart shaped petals are hand pave set with crystals in gilt mounts. Brooch and clip back earrings. Signed. 1960'...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Artisan Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
$775 / set
Trifari Alfred Philippe Invisibly Set Sapphire Flower Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Super rare Trifari 'Alfred Philippe' Gold Pave and Invisibly Set Sapphire Poinsettia Star Flower Pin of gold plated base metal, rhinestones, faux invisibly set sapphires.
Marked: Trifari with Crown. Condition: Excellent
Size: 2.85" x 2.85"
Reference: Featured in Womens Wear Daily, 1 June 1961, p 9.
Judith...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Art Deco Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
Vintage MONET gold tone pearls crystals designer brooch
By Monet
Located in Palos Hills, IL
DETAILS
• signed MONET
• gold tone with faux pearls and rhinestones
• vintage designer brooch
MEASUREMENTS
•
CONDITION
• very good vintage condition with minimal signs ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Brooches
Couture Chanel 1930s Byzantine PurpleHeart RealGems&Pearls Gold Medallion Brooch
By Chanel
Located in Chicago, IL
When Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was at her peak during the Art-Deco period as a Parisian couture-fashion designer in the early 1930s, this one-of-a-kind handcrafted gem-fringed and gilt-chain medallion brooch with trombone clasp was commissioned by her to accessorize one of her clothing designs. Marked only "FRANCE" like some early 1930s Chanel couture jewelry (without a brand stamp until the 1950s), its artistic origin is most likely from ornate organic-form sketches by her favorite parurier Fulco di Verdura. The Sicilian duke began creating fabric patterns for Chanel in 1927, which shortly expanded to fine jewelry beginning with custom pieces for herself. These included the iconic Byzantine-influenced gem-adorned cuffs referencing the Maltese-military cross, which the French designer can often be seen wearing in circa-1930s photos.
This bright-yellow gold brooch suits goldsmith Verdura's early anti-Art-Deco aesthetic that was considered a radical departure from 1920s silver-tone jewelry, which otherwise featured linear geometric designs or figurative representation. The softly-shaped deconstructed gem-bouquet mixes amethyst and rose-quartz beads with natural Keshi pearls and intricate tiny gilt leaves, which are wired to a Baroque-motif open-work frame that dangles another gem surrounded by a thick gilt-rope halo. Notably, Verdura is credited with re-introducing since Victorian times the rope motif to jewelry.
Since 1930, Verdura's unique style was influenced by travels with Chanel to explore Byzantine art, Baroque architecture, and exotic flora-and-fauna among his native Italian aristocratic estate. The legendary fashion-editor Diane Vreeland and American entertainment-stars were among the first Chanel clients to acquire couture real-gem-adorned jewelry made by Verdura, while one of the two brooches treasured by Vreeland was titled "Theodora". See our photo of the Byzantine mosaic of Empress Theodora, whose image wearing many teardrop pearls above her chest and surrounded by a golden halo seems to be the inspiration for this brooch.
As one of the most important modern-design collaborations, Chanel's close relationship with Verdura lasted largely undocumented years in Paris, until he launched his first outside jewelry venture with a Hollywood designer-boutique after emigrating to the United States in 1934. By 1939 as a financially-backed in-demand goldsmith, he founded the namesake jewelry-company Verdura in New...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Byzantine Brooches
Materials
Amethyst, Pearl, Quartz, Gold, Gilt Metal, Yellow Gold
Christian Dior 1969 Vintage 3D Large Vivid Flourish Blossom Flower Rose Brooch
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior 1969 Vintage 3D Large Textured Vivid Flourish Blossom Flower Rose Elegant Modenrist Brooch, Gold Tone
Very good condition. Rare to find. Light scratches or colour lo...
Category
Vintage 1960s German Art Deco Brooches
Materials
Gold Plate
Rare Marcel Boucher Enamel Radish Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Super rare Marcel Boucher 1941 radish bunch brooch of metallic and pearlized cold enamel with crystal rhinestone pave set in rhodium plate. Especially rare with original enamel.
Excellent Condition.
Length 3" x Width 2.50"
NOTE Brooch is signed with the Boucher Phrygian...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches
Materials
Rhodium, Enamel
Christian Dior Mitchel Maer 1950s Pink Cherry Blossom Crystals Cabochon Brooch
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Mitchel Maer Vintage 1950s Pink Cherry Blossom Flower Love Clover Crystals Cabochon Elegant Brooch, Gold Tone
Mitchel Maer was a prominent American designer who lived...
Category
Vintage 1950s German Art Deco Brooches
Materials
Gold Plate
Antique Austro-Hungarian Emerald Paste Brooch 1900s
Located in Wilmslow, GB
A delightful antique Austro-Hungarian Brooch. A crowned style design in solid silver set with clear and emerald glass paste stones. The intricately patterned or chased back a hallmar...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Brooches
Attwood & Sawyer Gold Plated Green Blue Red Enamel and Rhinestone Bird Brooch
Located in London, GB
Beautiful Attwood & Sawyer gold plated bird brooch with green, blue and red enamel, and embellished with rhinestones. The eye is a green rhinestone. M...
Category
Late 20th Century British Brooches
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel
Vintage CHRISTIAN DIOR signed gold crystals designer runway bow brooch w tag
Located in Palos Hills, IL
DETAILS
• signed CHRISTIAN DIOR
• gold plated with crystals
• vintage designer runway brooch
• with original tag
MEASUREMENTS
•
CONDITION
• excellent vintage condition with m...
Category
Vintage 1980s German Brooches
Materials
Gold Plate
Vintage silver tone rhinestone art deco style designer brooch
By Monet
Located in Palos Hills, IL
DETAILS
• unsigned
• silver tone with rhinestones
• vintage designer brooch
MEASUREMENTS
•
CONDITION
• very good vintage condition with minimal signs of wear
Sku 46
❤...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brooches
Christian Lacroix Gilded Heart Brooch for Noel 97 Limited Edition
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning Christian Lacroix Paris heart brooch is a limited-edition piece from the Christmas 1997 collection. The rare design boasts an ex-voto-inspired design with a gilded and ...
Category
1990s French Modern Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal, Silver Plate
Vintage Art Nouveau Crystal Flower Pin Pendant in Silver Tone, Clear Crystals
Located in Milford, DE
Size: 1.25" (inches)
Discover the elegance of the Art Nouveau era with this stunning vintage pin that doubles as a pendant. This exquisite piece features clear crystals, meticulousl...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Nouveau Brooches
Materials
Crystal
Chanel 1995 Broche XXL Gripoix leather metal glass and stones Iconic Brooch
By Chanel
Located in PARIS, FR
Chanel brooch from the AH1995 collection by Gripoix in metal, natural stones, glass paste and black leather, XXL format. Width 7.7 cm x height 7.7 cm. The brooch has been mistreated,...
Category
1990s French Brooches
Materials
Base Metal
Vintage TRIFARI crown silver tone designer brooch
By Trifari
Located in Palos Hills, IL
DETAILS
• signed TRIFARI
• silver tone
• vintage designer brooch
MEASUREMENTS
•
CONDITION
• very good vintage condition with minimal signs of wear
Sku 48
❤️❤️ V...
Category
Vintage 1980s Brooches
Materials
Gold
Vintage GIORGIO signed gold tone rhinestones bird designer brooch
Located in Palos Hills, IL
DETAILS
• signed GIORGIO
• gold tone with rhinestones and enamel
• vintage designer brooch
MEASUREMENTS
•
CONDITION
• very good vintage condition with minimal signs of we...
Category
Vintage 1980s Brooches
Marcel Boucher Royal Scepter Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Charming and rare Marcel Boucher Royal Scepter Brooch from the 1950's with early MB mark. From the series created in 1953, the year of Elizabeth II's co...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
French Victorian Style Multi-Gem and Diamond Dragonfly Brooch for Him in Silver
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian Style Multi-Gem and Diamond Dragonfly Brooch for Him in sterling silver which is a fusion of surrealism and dragonfly, designed to make a bold statement. Crafted wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Victorian Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Opal, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
$337 Sale Price / item
50% Off
Victorian Enamel Gold Flower Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Lifelike enamel floral brooches were extremely popular throughout the 19th Century. Made mostly in Newark, NJ during the last quarter of the 19th Century, these hand enamelled flower...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Edwardian Brooches
Materials
14k Gold
Art Deco Vintage Style Victorian Brooch Pin Opal Ruby & Diamond Silver Frog Pin
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Style Victorian Brooch Vintage Pin Opal Ruby & Diamond Silver Frog Pin in sterling silver which is a fusion of surrealism and frog, designed to make a bold statement. Crafte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Victorian Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Opal, Ruby, Silver, Sterling Silver
$217 Sale Price / item
50% Off
Vintage Coro Giardinetti Paste Brooch 1950s
By Coro
Located in Wilmslow, GB
A Vintage Coro Giardinetti Basket Brooch. Crafted in lustrous gold-plated metal and set with clear and gem coloured glass crystals. A Giardinetti brooch features intricate floral mot...
Category
Vintage 1950s Brooches
$952 / item
Artist BertoiaStyle Hammered SterlingSilver SquiggleSpiral UndulatingWire Brooch
Located in Chicago, IL
Strongly resembling the Harry Bertoia Foundation's archived c.1947 unsigned small brooch (D.JE.27) that is essentially an elegant hammered silver curvilinear three-humped squiggle by...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,780 Sale Price
50% Off
Vintage TRIFARI crown gold white ename flower designer brooch
By Trifari
Located in Palos Hills, IL
DETAILS
• signed TRIFARI
• gold tone with enamel
• vintage designer brooch
MEASUREMENTS
•
CONDITION
• very good vintage condition with some signs of wear / cracking on en...
Category
Vintage 1980s Brooches
Victorian inspired natural rose cut uncut diamond emerald ruby silver brooch pin
Located in Delhi, DL
Elevate your style with our Victorian-inspired Royal Elephant Brooch, a true testament to timeless elegance and intricate craftsmanship. This 60mm large stunning piece is adorned wit...
Category
2010s Indian Art Nouveau Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Silver, Sterling Silver
$708 Sale Price
20% Off
Marcel Boucher Pave Baguettes Floral Bow Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Marcel Boucher crystal pave and baguettes floral bow brooch. Rhodium plated base metal, crystal rhinestones, pierce work set with rectangular and tapered b...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches
Materials
Crystal, Rhodium, Base Metal
Coro Art Deco 1930s Vintage Paste Duette Clip Brooch
By Coro
Located in Skelmersdale, GB
This delightful Duette clip brooch was designed and made by Coro in the 1930s.
Condition Report:
Excellent
The Details...
This Duette clip brooch is constructed from rhodium plat...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Trifari Jewels of India Moghul Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Rare Trifari Jewels of India Brooch from the Moghul series. Elaborate pave crystal stone work set in both gilt and rhodium metal with cabochon ...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Anglo-Indian Brooches
Materials
Rhodium, Gilt Metal
Miriam Haskell Pearl Stick Pin/Brooch
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a Miriam Haskell pearl stick pin/brooch. This is a gilt Russian gold metal flowers stick pin that is hand wired with Niki pearls and on the end of the pin has a flower and th...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Baroque Brooches
Materials
Pearl, Gilt Metal
Coro c.1942 Queen Bees Enamel and Gold Plated Sterling Vintage Duette Brooch
By Coro
Located in Skelmersdale, GB
This wonderful and rare Duette clip brooch was designed by Adolph Katz for Coro in c.1942.
Condition Report:
Very Good - A tiny element of darkening to ...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Brooches
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Blue Sapphire Poppy Flower Unisex Brooch Crafted in 925 Sterling Silver
Located in New York, NY
Blue Sapphire Poppy Flower Brooch Pin in sterling silver which is a fusion of surrealism and pop-art, designed to make a bold statement. Crafted with love and attention to detail, th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Brooches
Materials
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
$175 Sale Price / item
50% Off
1990s Retro Brass French Heart Brooch by Loris Azzaro
By Loris Azzaro
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This is a stunning 1990s Retro Brass Heart Brooch by Loris Azzaro, the celebrated French designer known for his glamorous and bold jewelry designs.
Made from polished brass, giving i...
Category
Late 20th Century French Retro Brooches
Materials
Brass
Elegant Mazer Ruby and Pave Spray
By Mazer
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Mazer Ruby and Pave Spray from the 1950's. Swirl with pave and graduated baguette work in crystal and ruby. 2.25" x 1.25".
Category
Vintage 1950s American Retro Brooches
Materials
Rhodium
1990s Elegant Costume Jewelry Brooch by Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This 1990s Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) costume jewelry brooch is an exquisite example of the bold, glamorous aesthetic for which the brand was renowned. Th...
Category
Late 20th Century French Retro Brooches
Estate Vintage Style Victorian Diamond Opal Turtle Brooch Unisex Silver Pin
Located in New York, NY
Estate Vintage Victorian Style Diamond Opal Turtle Brooch Pin in sterling silver which is a fusion of surrealism and turtle, designed to make a bold statement. Crafted with love and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Victorian Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Opal, Silver, Sterling Silver
$117 Sale Price
50% Off
Dior brooch 'Cherub'
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
DIOR - (Made in France) Golden metal brooch representing a cherub.
Condition:
Very good condition
Dimensions:
7.5 cm x 6 cm
SKU:BR199
Category
1990s French Brooches
$1,665
Christian Dior Vintage 1962 White Round Pearls Crystals Snowflake Flower Brooch
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Vintage 1962 Large White Round Circle Four Pearls Marquise Sparkling Crystals Snowflake Flower Leaf Elegant Brooch, Silver Plated
Very excellent condition. Not any st...
Category
Vintage 1960s German Art Deco Brooches
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage signed gold enamel designer earrings
By Anne Klein
Located in Palos Hills, IL
DETAILS
• signed ANNE KLEIN
• gold tone with enamel
• vintage designer necklace
MEASUREMENTS
•
CONDITION
• very good vintage condition with minimal signs of wear
Sku...
Category
Vintage 1980s Brooches
Amythest Crystal and Pearl Brooch, Schreiner
Located in New York, NY
Large Amythest Crystal and Faux Pearl Brooch attributed to Schreiner. Large pear shaped amythest crystals are studded with smaller foiled amythest crystals and a series of pearl stud...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Artisan Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
Christian Dior GROSSE 1963 Vintage Vivid Modernist Long Leaf Gold Palm Brooch
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior GROSSE 1963 Vintage Vivid Modernist Long Leaf Palm Brooch, Gold Tone
Very good condition. 100% Genuine. A unique piece.
This is gold plated stylised brooch. Safety-...
Category
Vintage 1960s German Art Deco Brooches
Materials
Gold Plate
Vintage Art Deco Leaf Double Dress Clip 1940s
Located in Wilmslow, GB
A beautiful vintage leaf double dress clip. Wear as a brooch or as a pair of dress clips. An effortlessly stylish work of Art Deco craftmanship.
During the 1920s & 30s the Art Deco s...
Category
Vintage 1940s Brooches
CHANEL silver 21A CHATEAU DES DAMES PEARL & STRASS Brooch
By Chanel
Located in Zürich, CH
This 100% authentic Chanel CC brooch in dark silver-tone metal is an elegant statement piece, adorned with large pearly white resin cabochon pearls and shimmering small crystals. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brooches
Elegant Marcel Boucher Knot Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Boucher Knot Brooch representing an eternity knot in 3D with graduated ruby and crystal baguettes. Super high quality as to be expected from Marcel...
Category
Vintage 1950s Art Deco Brooches
Materials
Rhodium
Trifari Bug on Leaf Suite
By Trifari
Located in New York, NY
Trifari Bug on Leaf Suite with white enamel from the 1960's. A tiny bug in pastes is set on the brooch and matching earrings. Pave baguett...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
1980s CHANEL Gold Toned Rhinestone CC Brooch
By Chanel
Located in Bangkok, TH
This vintage CHANEL CC brooch is crafted of gold toned metal encrusted with dazzling white rhinestones. Stamped CHANEL made in France. Measures approximately 4.5 x 3.7 cm. Comes with...
Category
Vintage 1980s French Brooches
Materials
Gold
Antique and Vintage Costume and Fashion Pins and Brooches for Sale on 1stDibs
Antique and vintage costume and fashion pins and brooches are decorative jewels traditionally pinned to garments and used to fasten pieces of clothing together where needed. In recent years, these accessories have seen increasing popularity.
Costume jewelry is made of inexpensive materials and is typically designed to accessorize with current fashions. There has been no shortage of unique fashion brooches created over the years by jewelers and jewelry houses such as Trifari, Kenneth Jay Lane and others. Enthusiasts of Chanel — the founder of which loved costume jewelry but couldn’t resist designing jewelry with diamonds — are also going to find that the range of fashion jewelry that has been created at the company includes sophisticated Chanel brooches embellished with pearls and glass jewels.
Given their long history, brooches have expectedly taken on a variety of different shapes and forms over time, with jewelers turning to assorted methods of ornamentation for these accessories, including enameling and the integration of pearls and gemstones. Cameo brooches that originated during the Victorian age are characterized by a shell carved in raised relief that feature portraits of a woman’s profile, while 19th-century micromosaic brooches, comprising innumerable individually placed glass fragments, sometimes feature miniature depictions of a pastoral scene in daily Roman life.
Brooches are versatile and adaptable. These decorative accessories can be worn in your hair, on hats, scarves and on the lower point of V-neck clothing. Pin a dazzling brooch to the lapel of your blazer-and-tee combo or add a cluster of smaller pins to your overcoat. And while brooches have their place in “mourning jewelry,” in that a mourning brooch is representative of your connection to a lost loved one, they’re widely seen as romantic and symbolic of love, so much so that a hardcore brooch enthusiast might advocate for brooches to be worn over the heart.
Today, find a wide variety of antique and vintage brooches in the collection of costume and fashion jewelry on 1stDibs.
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