Hematite Drop Necklaces

Tiffany & Co Sterling Silver Hematite Bead Torsade Necklace This stunning sterling silver necklace by Tiffany & Co. features 8 strands of hematite beads for a gorgeous look that wil...

18 Karat White gold chain featuring two Pearls, one South Sea & one Tahitian measuring 12-13 MM with 31 round brilliants weighing 0.31 carats. 18 inch chain Tassel 5/8 X 13/16

10.80Ct Natural Sapphire and Diamond 18K Solid White Gold Necklace Natural Oval Sapphire Weights: Approx. 5.90 Carats Sapphire Measures: Approx. 13 x 10 mm Sapphire Treatment: Di...

Elsa Schiaparelli famously embraced "shocking pink" for her Surrealist-aesthetic couture clothing and handcrafted costume jewelry, which she commissioned from Parisian paruriers beginning in the late 1920s--when some of the most expensive gems were fuchsia Burmese rubies. In this antique glass-beaded sautoir tassel necklace, 37 unusual fuchsia faux-pearls are each delicately caged like hot-air balloons by seven textural strands of faux-pearl-and-gold seed beads. These spherical stations are spaced by lustrous white medium-size faux pearls, ending in a four-strand seed-bead tassel that cages four of the fuchsia beads. The beads are strung on bright magenta silk cord without a clasp. Sautoirs were an essential element of flapper style since Schiaparelli's couture-mentor Paul Poiret changed the silhouette of clothing in the 1920s, while the long necklaces remained popular until wartime 1939. To compete with her rival couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, Schiaparelli (1890-1973) relied on the same French glassmakers, Maison Gripoix and Louis Rousselet--the masters of faux pearls at the time who added organic-ingredient coatings to their handmade glass beads. Either glass workshop that was established by the 1920s could have been commissioned to make the progressive hot-pink pearls for this unsigned necklace that dates to the Art-Deco period. The design of this highly-textural tricolor sautoir featuring fuchsia spheres could suit the style of one of Schiaparelli's most frequent paruriers through the 1930s, Jean Clement. Some of his relevant unsigned work for Schiaparelli is in museum collections like The Met, including highly-textural tricolor sphere-decorated buttons/brooches and a fuchsia-toned metal-rosebud bead necklace. After Schiaparelli had become associated with fuchsia, she made particularly prolific use of this bright magenta in the late 1930s. In her demi-couture collections such as "Circus" and "Comedia del' Arte" (see our 3 photos), fuchsia jackets are adorned with similar colorful spherical glass beads among embroidered appliques and animal/clown brooches, as well as whimsical painted-ceramic buttons...

A fine, signed pearl sautoir necklace. By Tiffany & Co. From the Ziegfeld line. With sterling silver mounts. Comprising a long strand of oval shaped pearls supporting a sterling ...

Alex Jona design collection, hand crafted in Italy, 18 karat yellow gold necklace featuring 19 round cut drilled white diamonds weighing 1.50 carats in total, G color, VS2 clarity. ...

31.10Ct Natural Sapphire and Diamond 14K Solid White Gold Necklace Natural Oval Sapphires Weights: Approx. 28.90 Carats (57 Sapphires) Sapphire Measures: Approx. 5 x 4-9 x 4 mm To...

Alex Jona design collection, hand crafted in Italy, 18 karat yellow gold Necklace suspending 7 drop cut white diamonds weighing 1.00 carats in total, G color, V...

Striking Rock Crystal and Hematite Sautoir from the 1980's. Stations of tumbled rock crystal are spaced with hematite beads, freshwater pearls and gilt beads with a large focal oval ...

A stunning antique late Edwardian era pendant necklace. It is a dainty and feminine piece with a circular shaped, open work pendant drop, crafted in cool platinum it is set with spa...

The Charmaine Necklace I composed of stunning frill sections of silky keshi pearls ranging in color from ivory to soft grey and 19 carats of rough grey diamonds, flanked by hand-coil...

A wondrous specimen piece of agate known as moss agate exhibits the likeness of a tree naturally formed. The stone was chosen for its natural pattern and cut then smoothly polished t...