1970s Link Necklaces

A truly elegant statement necklace, circa 1974, by Avant-garde fashion jewelry designer William DeLillo of NYC. The necklace is in the Egyptian revival style popular in the early 1970s in its wide link collar design. The necklace is comprised of 18 rectangular and lightly domed .75 inch wide and 1.5 inch long links and glass beads. Each plink is set with a gold glass cabochon and an amber and gold stripe glass cabochon measuring .38 of an inch wide and .5 of an inch long. Additionally, the links have two small black crystal rhinestone. In-between each link is a small gold bead on the inner top edge of the necklace. On the outer edge the links are separated by small black crystal beads and a single .63 of an inch glass amber and gold stripe bead. The necklace has a box push pin clasp with an interior circumference of 14 inches at the top. Very very fine to like new condition. Last photo show matching bracelet sold in separate listing. Born 1925 in Antwerp, Belgium, William deLillo moved to the United States in the 1950s. There he began working as a designer of high end fine jewelry...

Dating from the late half of the 1970s to the mid 1980s is this unusual and rare Kenneth Jay Lane scarab link long necklace. Due to the popularity of the contents and artifacts of the King Tutankhamon exhibition that toured the world from 1972 to 1981, Egyptian iconography appeared in all forms of design in home decor and fashion. Kenneth Lane created several Egyptian revival pieces of jewelry including this long necklace. Each oval link is cast in the form of an Egyptian scarab, a symbol of the sun god Re and good luck. The scarab links are domed with the larger measuring .63 of an inch wide and 1.5 inches long including the top and bottom rings and .25 of an inch high. The smaller scarab link is .44 of an inch wide and 1.19 inches long including the top and bottom rings. The necklace measures 32.5 inches long and has and hook and ring clasp. On the ring of the clasp is the oval signature tag or charm inscribed with Kenneth Lane and a copyright symbol. The gold plate is a rich yellow gold in very good condition with very minimal to almost no wear. The last photo show a second Kenneth Jay Lane Egypt...

- 16" length, can be adjust down to choker length using chain and hook clasp - 4.5" drop - Gold plated ornate filigree square panels - Bezel set Topaz colored faceted crystals - Unsi...

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Salvador Dali created a homage to Marcel Duchamp's painting Nude descending a staircase 1912. Dali's impressive surrealism twist depicting a nude ascending a seashell staircase su...