French Drop Necklaces

A beautiful multi-gemstone necklace featuring a rainbow spectrum of collet-set gemstones in 18K gold delicate chain. It can be worn alone ,or with a favorite pendant There is a sma...

This stunning Christian Lacroix Paris pendant necklace features a stylized knitting lace design in gilded metal, textured throughout and topped with the iconic "CL" logo. The long gi...

An Important and Rare Coco Chanel 18K Leo Talisman from the 1960's made by Maison Robert Goossens from her personal collection. A rare opportunity to own a piece of fashion history f...

Victorian Rose Diamond Enamel Pendant Brooch-Pendant from the 1870's. Charming design with angel putti playing with florals. Likely French in origin with hand painted porcelain in a ...

Rare and important Chanel Maison Gripoix Flower Parure referred to as "Bijoux de Fleurs" when first shown in in 1938 and illustrated in Harpers Bazaar in the same year. Our example w...

Unusually long flapper beads from the 1920's of orange bakelite with carved and dyed vegetable ivory (plastic). Super long in length, designed to be worn ...

Magnificent Chanel poured glass enamel flower necklace. Made by Maison Gripoix of opaline and opal blue glass camellias and camellia buds . Furt...

Amazing design by Lanvin Paris circa 1970s. Large amber-y bakelite "stones" are mixed with gas pipe chain for bold effect.
Very good condition,Signed Lanvin

Timeless, iconic, and unmistakably Cartier — this vintage LOVE charm necklace in 18-carat white gold embodies enduring elegance and modern sophistication. Featuring the legendary scr...

Necklace in 18 karat white gold, eagle head hallmark. A charming art deco pendant necklace, it consists of a delicate oval-link chain interspersed with gold rods. The clasp is a spr...

Unusual French Art Deco Mother of Pearl Locket from the 1930's. Finely carved and detailed on both sides in 2 colorations of mother of pearl dep...

Incredibly rare Yves Saint Laurent's Iconic and Early Coral Shell Pendant, Maison Goossens. Large central shell of gilt bronze with cold enamel coral branches accented with crystal p...

Superb and amazing Chanel Poured Glass Orchid Pendant by Maison Gripoix, Paris. Handmade faux pearls with a large Rose poured glass orchid bloom with pend...

Very classic and chic Van Cleef and Arpels Frivole 18k Yellow Gold and Diamond Necklace/Pin, Circa 2010.

Charming and rare 18th Century Love Token Pendant, hand painted watercolor of angel carrying a red heart, set under glass in a verre eglomise frame...

This stunning French modernist bronze choker necklace features a Mid-Century design with gilded bronze elements embellished with geometric enamel. The enameling features typical 1960...

a pendant necklace mounted in 18k gold, holding a round cream Akoya pearl measuring approximately 8.2mm; pendant necklace 39.5 cm long, with French assay mark for gold, 15.5g

Amazing Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Pate de Verre Tassel Coin Necklace from the 1970's. Maison Goossens manufacture with amazing pate de verre jet beads, gilt fox chain, hammere...

THIS IS A STUNNING ANTIQUE RENE LALIQUE ART NOUVEAU LYS OPALESCENT GLASS PENDANT NECKLACE WITH SILK CORD IN ITS ORIGINAL POUCH. The French Art Nou...

Chanel Rock Crystal Runway "Ice" Necklace from F/W 2010 by Maison Goossens. This is a one of a kind runway model, never commercialized in stores. A massive rock crystal quartz specimen is mounted on silvered bronze as the centerpiece and hangs from a jangle of silvered chains with cascading pave "CC" logo charms. Collector quality. Size: Pendant 5.5" x 4.5" x 1.25". Total length 19" with 7" extender chain. Chanel F/W 2010 "Iceberg" Show description: "Freja Beha Erichsen and three bears on an ice floe. This was the arctic scene at Chanel, where giant chunks of bona fide iceberg, specially transported from Scandinavia, formed the frozen landscape around which models solemnly splashed through a sea of 'berg-melt in shaggy snow boots with ice-block heels." Fur-fringed embroideries and ice jewelry...

Unusual Pierre Cardin Transformation Pendant from the 1960's. A large ivory enamel oval pendant is set with 4 "gems" which turn and transforms pendant to tones of pale pastels or dee...

Iconic Chanel Magnifier Pendant Necklace in gilded bronze. Heavy chain with logo emblazoned on bezel of magnifier. Double clasps allow another pendan...

A fabulous golden necklace from Lanvin. LOVE is written in large cursive letters attached to an adjustable brass chain on either side to change the length. It has a lobster claw clo...

Karl Lagerfeld and Maison Gripoix for Chanel hand knotted faux baroque pearl, gilt bronze filigree square byzantine pendant with Gripoix glass poured enamel ruby cabocheon. Gilt chai...

Early Louis Rousselet pate de verre suite in pale rose pink, amythest and faux pearl florets. Each petal and pearl is handmade and then assembled onto the silver gilt floral bases. T...

Attractive Art Deco Pate de Verre Toggle Drop Necklace from the 1930's. Handmade pale rasberry glass toggle tube beads with fluted faux moonston...

INDULGE IN A MUSEUM QUALITY FRENCH BEAUX ARTS RENAISSANCE REVIVAL 18 KARAT GOLD PENDANT NECKLACE OF A GRIFFIN, CHIMERA OR DRAGON HOLDING A STUNNING ROSE CUT DIAMOND IN THE MOUTH WIT...

Yves Saint Laurent Chinese Collection passementerie sautoir. Composed of palest ivory braided cord woven with tiny burgundy seed beads. Two large ivory colored and burgundy colored tassels are enhanced with large and small silk beads to form the double pendant. Unsigned 1970's. Excellent Condition. 30...

Maison Gripoix for Chanel pastille drop long necklace of deep ruby, emerald and amythest oval hand made stations in signature Gripoix poured glass enamel. Sautoir is handmade of fine...

Unusual and elegant flapper necklace from the 1920s. Figural full figured "head" beads are spaced with ribbed gilt metal beads and end with a long bl...

A simple 'sautoir' style necklace, in soft dusky pink mirrored fragments, set in black Talousel resin, from the early 1960s. This necklace dates from the second burst of creativity f...

Yves Saint Laurent Bib by Lou Lou de la Falaise of silvered mirrored medallions, faux pearls, and patinaed ribbed wood beads. Prominently used in...

An exceptional Art Deco necklace by Sterlé, dating to the 1930s, crafted in platinum and set with old-cut diamonds. The design features an elegant diamond rivière necklace enhanced b...

Extraordinary and iconic Maison Gripoix for Yves Saint Laurent nautical themed necklace. Of gilt plate bronze and coral Gripoix poured glass enamel ship an...

Large and impressive Art Nouveau pendant by Elizabeth Bonte, France. An Iris (which was a favored motif in the period) is hand carved of natural horn a...

Vintage Massive CHRISTIAN LACROIX Hammered Abstract Plastron Breastplate Necklace Runway piece that is almost impossible to find. Features: - 100% Authentic CHRISTIAN LACROIX. - Ha...

Victorian Gunmetal Photo Locket Slide Necklace. Weve assembled these pieces from the same era together. A brown hemp/linen twine slide necklace holds a ...

Unusual and striking French Art Deco Bronze Pendant converted from an antique furniture mount. An Art Deco mermaid is beautifully modeled around a star in this bronze pendant. A matc...

For sale is this stunning filigree necklace that is crafted in 18 Karat yellow gold and hallmarked with a French eagle head. This filigree chain is very detailed and breathtaking tha...

Chain in 18 karat yellow gold, eagle head hallmark. This yellow gold necklace features a filed curb chain that fastens with a spring ring and holds a green jadeite disc with white un...

Art Deco French jet, hematite,and marcasite sautoir set in silver gilt filigree, with original twisted silk cord. L. pendant 2.50", Length Cord 29". France 1920's. Excellent cond...

Schiaparelli gilt chain swag necklace studded with citrine crystals throughout. 4 central oval citrine pastes form the focus of this attractive necklace. USA 1950's, design France. ...

Art Deco Crystal Sautoir from the 1920's France. Silk cord with crystal rondels, faceted beads and central pendant drop. Cord 30", Drop 2.5" x .75". 1920's France.

This is an absolutely wonderful and rare antique French Victorian Scarab, Beetle, Insect on a Leaf Pendant Necklace in 18 Karat Gold. The stunning th...

Chanel pendant necklace with cruciform pendant on hand wire wrapped pearls. Classic Chanel tones of beige, ivory and black. Enamel pendant with black and ivory faux pearls of differ...

A stunning and beautiful necklace by John Galliano for Christian Dior. John Galliano was Creative Director at Dior from 1997, until Gianfranco Ferre took over from him in 2011. T...

Maison Goossens for Chanel Rare hand made pendant necklace consisting of a polished shard of Rock Crystal capped by gilt bronze with jewel tone poured glass stones. The pendant is suspended on a black leather cord. Unsigned Chanel runway piece...

A new style of necklace, this My Twin 0,10ct white gold diamond tie necklace enlightens the most classic looks and embellishes the cleavages with sensuality. The glittering of two p...

Chinese style YSL pendant necklace on magenta purple silk cord and tassel. Pierced medallion set with multicolored Swarovski crystals and abstract gilt mot...

Mesurements : Chain length : 44cm and 48cm Pendant length : 8cm This exquisite Baccarat sterling silver drop necklace is a perfect embodiment of timeless elegance and French craft...

Robert Goosens, the French Chanel-favorite haute-couture parurier who enjoyed reinterpreting ancient and antique styles of jewelry with rock crystal and faux stones, also collaborated with Madame Alix Gres as one of our photos documents. Relevant to this statement necklace, the Parisian theatrical-costume designer, who founded the French fashion-house Maison Gres, commissioned Goosens to make spiral-wire adornments for her couture gowns. This handmade hammered brass wire choker necklace with five dropped entremblant pendants is decorated with unique colorful beads and wrapped wire. The piece dates between 1969-1971 based on similar unsigned spiraled-wire metal jewelry without goldsmithing marks in the museum collection of TheMet, which acquired the necklace that we photographed from Maison Givenchy founder Hubert de Givenchy, who was one of most supportive fans of Gres. Like the legendary sculptural clothing designs of Madame Gres, this necklace was inspired by Greco-Roman costumes, while its sculpted shapes by Goosens reference her signature curvilinear fabric techniques that earned her the sobriquet of "the master of the wrapped and draped dress". Goosens (1927-2016), nicknamed Monsieur Bijou, also made jewelry inspired by other periods of antiquity to compliment the couture clothing of Coco Chanel, Cristobal Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent. After Goosens collaborated with Gres, he revisited golden spiral designs with Saint Laurent. Similar to the free-flowing fabric manipulated in Gres gowns, this hand-shaped necklace that we photographed in sunlight is a study in motion that drapes across a curvy cleavage. Adding drama to this necklace below its wire choker, the top teetering-wire pendant is a twisted and hammered horizontal double spiral, which is a Hellenistic symbol of life and transformation suggesting the breasts of a goddess of fertility and motherhood. Yet distinctly Goosens, 18 hand-cut and hand-dyed "ancient-Roman-blue" rock-crystal beads are wire-strung to weight a second tier of two separate vertical double-spiral pendants. On each, a wrapped-wire tube divides the blue beads. Between these vertical pendants in two tiers, the central vertical pendants each feature a one-of-a-kind multicolor bead (yellow/blue/red/black/white) in two lengths with abstract organic patterns recalling ancient Italian glasswork. Four more blue beads bracket these larger colorful beads. An additional 10 blue beads and 5 wire tubes decorate the bottom looped wire pendant, as well as the bottom of the wire choker. Like the hammered-wire jewelry designs of modern artist Alexander Calder, the creative complex construction of this necklace surprisingly required no metalsmith techniques, such as soldering or casting, just great skill with a jewelry pliers and hammer. For a bigger picture of couture clothing by Madame Gres during the decade beginning in 1969, she notably designed many museum-collected one-color silk-taffeta draped long gowns with empire waists and simple high collars or geometric cut-outs. Remarkably, the focal points for some of these unique dresses were at the wrists, from where long pouf sleeves voluminously droop around the hands to nearly the floor like two enormous long-petaled flowers. If paired with this equally downward-focused and balanced necklace from this same period, its bold Greco-Roman elements would have pulled a viewer's gaze of the dress from floor to face. Although there is no significant provenance for this necklace, hammered brass and tinted rock crystal were among the few materials repeatedly associated with Goosens from 1969-71. For example, in his overlapping interior-decor collections based on themes of waterlilies or foliage, Goosens hammered gilt brass wire and sheets (see our final closeup photo) to represent plant parts or he wired rock-crystal beads to appear as tiny fruits. While the two multicolor glass or resin beads in this necklace are atypical, the combination of blue, yellow and red is a palette that the designer used for other pieces of rock-crystal jewelry and he created many kinds of multicolor faux stones with glass or resin paste, such as faux Tibetan turquoise including black and white. According to journalism based on interviews with Goosens, he often acquired unusual stones and glass for inspiration during his extensive travels exploring museum-collected antiquities. Since Maison Goosens was acquired in 2005 by Maison Chanel, it opened the Parisian showroom Galerie Goosens and associated shops to sell many kinds of reproductions and reimagined works by the founder, which fortunately does not suit the completely handmade elements of this necklace. So this couture piece remains one-of-a-kind. If desiring a vintage haute-couture original by Robert Goosens, we recommend perusing the Maison Goosens website so that a reproduction with a contemporary signature is not mistakenly purchased. Madame Gres (1903-1993) was born Germaine Emelie Krebs, but initially identified her fashion designs with the pseudonym Alix and later Alix Barton...

THIS IS A GORGEOUS FRENCH ART NOUVEAU LOCKET PENDANT IN STERLING SILVER WITH A BEAUTIFUL REPOUSSE DESIGN OF A FLOWER WHICH MAY BE A POPPY WITH GORGEOUS LEAVES. This is just a stunning sterling silver poppy flower motif locket with exquisite Art Nouveau design. The beautiful locket has a wonderfully designed poppy flower on the front. The reverse of the locket is unadorned. The locket opens to reveal places for a photo. The original photo cover is intact. The locket is hallmarked with the French hallmark of the Boar's head for Sterling Silver. The French Art Nouveau jewels are of the highest quality with absolutely exquisite design - this one is so very special. The locket dates to the Art Nouveau period, circa 1890-1910. The listing is only for the locket. The chain is only shown for display. The locket is 1 inch (26 mm) in diameter. With the bales it is 1 1/4 inches long. The locket is hallmarked with the French Boar...

Extraordinary, early Coco Chanel Haute Couture Sautoir by Robert Goossens, Paris circa 1960. Handmade pate de verre beads in emerald and ruby are ...

Chain in 18 karat yellow gold, eagle head hallmark. This yellow gold chain features a filed cable link design and holds a white-tinged green jadeite disc in place with a removable sl...

Rare Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Necklace Spring Summer 1966. Of nautical inspiration composed of white cotton rope with blue silk and rayon passementerie detail. Focal long tas...

CHRISTIAN DIOR by John Galliano 1999 Vintage Textured Aztec Exotic Double Round Circle Badge Detachable Chunky Modenist Necklace B...

A necklace designed by Cartier. Beautiful colorful V shaped necklace, designed in Paris France during the late art deco period, back in the 1940. The necklace was crafted by the jew...

Large and Important Maison Gripoix for Yves Saint Laurent butterfly bib necklace circa 1970. Of amythest and deep aquamarine Gripoix poured gla...

Contemporary pendant necklace featuring a red ruby-toned four-leaf clover in glass paste pate de verre, accented with faux white pearls. Handmade, flame-cast, and assembled in Paris,...

Georgian Long Chain 18K Gold Necklace with French 18 Karat Yellow Gold Medallion. The long chain necklace is formed of 18K gold. Voluminous, yet s...