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MiriamHaskell 1930s Hess TorsadeSet GiltFiligreeCap FauxPearls Earrings & Choker
About the Item
During the Art Deco period, Miriam Haskell's first designer Frank Hess designed this blue-and-white glass-beaded hand-sewn torsade set of dangle earrings and a choker necklace, whose knotted string is capped with their characteristic Russian-gilt brass flora filigree. Coinciding with the American Great Depression, to offer some less expensive costume jewelry than her initial ready-to-wear styles featuring Parisian hand-crafted materials found in French couture, Haskell reduced the cost of some of her findings by locally sourcing stamped metal and incorporating hand-pressed glass beads from Germany and Czechoslovakia.
With a loop, the line from hand pressing the glass can only be found on the blue beads, while the white ones are coated in an organic material like authentic French faux pearls. The ends of the textured cords that string the beaded set were frayed to form a fuzzy opaque dome that hides the knots attached to the filigree caps.
No Haskell jewelry was signed before 1947. The unsigned necklace fastens with a spring-ring clasp with a thumb like some of their chokers, while the 1.75-inch-long and half-inch-wide dangling earrings have unsigned French-style wire hinge-clips that Haskell began using in the late 1930s before WWII.
We price this set on the low side of our Haskell-Hess listings as a former owner replaced one of the jump-rings on the necklace with a silver finding, which we presume the buyer will want to replace to match the other brass one.
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- Weight:21 g
- Dimensions:Diameter: 5.5 in (139.7 mm)
- Sold As:Set of 3
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- Date of Manufacture:1930-1940
- Condition:Replacements made: In the set, one of the four brass jump rings was replaced with steel on the necklace, as we expected all to be brass. Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Chicago, IL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3244220430352
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