Vintage Carolee Gold Chain and Dangling Coin Necklace, circa 1990s

Vintage Gold Rollo Chain with Toggle and Dangling Coin Necklace Circa 1990s. The toggle has red cabochons and the coin has black imprinted dangling face. This is a classic necklace...

Vintage Gold 5 Strand Graduated Snake Chain Circa 1990s. A very classic snake chain necklace that can be dressed up or down. There is a bracelet on site that matches this piece. This is a piece that will always elevate your wardrobe. Looks like nothing until you try it on and see the style that it gives your outfit. A little red lipstick and a white tshirt...

Vintage Gold Book Chain with Dangling Enamel Piece Circa 1940s. Square links make up the book chain that is a brass color and then from that hangs a g...

Maison Gripoix Vintage Necklace with Multi Color Dangling Pearl. Pearl Necklace with Gripoix Disc in Gold Color with Dangling Pearl. If you needed this longer a jeweler could easily add gold chain to lengthen it. Guy de Maupassant wrote a famous story about a necklace. The story is about a young, pretty, intelligent, well educated but poorly endowed bride who has to marry a petty official; and thus suffering from the limitations of living a life with a husband that lacked any exquisite qualities. In order to entertain his dejected spouse, one day her husband gets an invitation to a ball and gives his wife 400 francs he had saved for a hunting rifle so that she would be able to order an appropriate dress. However, when the dress is ready it becomes clear that it is lacking jewelry; and it would be impossible to attend the ball while looking so poor. The protagonist approaches her rich childhood friend with whom she was raised together at the monastery and borrows a diamond necklace from her. The ball is a great success and she is the centre of attention. However when the woman returns home, she discovers that she has lost the necklace. In order to conceal her faux pas from her friend, she buys a new necklace identical to the one she lost, and to pay it off the woman gets into a huge debt which over the years gradually drags her down the social ladder from bourgeoisie to poverty. Ten years later, having lost her good looks, the woman encounters her friend on the Champs Elysees, who still looks young, beautiful and rich. The protagonist reveals to her friend the whole story about the necklace, but her friend replies in amazement that the diamonds were fake and would “cost 500 francs at most”. Maison Gripoix starts out with a dramatic story. In 1869 (or a year earlier, according to other sources), Paris master glass-maker Augustina Gripoix began making replicas of pearls and crystals; casting glass into different shapes and colours and inserting them into most sophisticated settings. She used the pâte de verre (glass paste) technique, whereby a traditional ceramic or qypsum form was filled with a multi-colour pieces of glass and special gluing substances and then baked in a furnace, resulting in objects featuring fantastical hues. Only Augustina made her crystals by pouring the melted glass paste into the press moulds skipping the furnace step, allowing her to achieve the purity of colour, transparency and shine. She found a simple method to make beautiful jewelry and thus Marquises, Duchesses and Princesses qued up ... so Madame Gripoix would make them replicas of their own jewelry in case of robbery or loss, or some unusual jewelry pieces for their new wraps, neckpieces, or boas. The so-called ‘costume jewelry’ emerged to a large extent thanks to the work of Maison Gripoix. Augustina Gripoix earned her fame in the 1890’s when she started making necklaces for Sarah Bernhardt to wear on stage; and later the costume jewelry for the first high fashion house of Charles Frederick Worth. Later on, Paul Poiret, the leading couturier of the 1910’s contacted her and she created sophisticated oriental style jewelry for him to match his famous oriental costumes based on the aesthetic of Diaghilev’s initial Russian seasons. The value of costume jewelry was now being recognized in its own right; and not just for imitation purposes. The taste of emancipated young girls, who were gaining more and more freedom and opportunities, was best met with bijouterie. So in the 1920, when Augustina’s daughter Susan became the head of the House; Gripoix prospects became even more exciting. Girls with short-cropped hair in short dresses zoomed by in open-top cars wearing bijou rather than diamonds. Everyone ordered bijouterie from Madam Gripoix during this period, from Jeanne Lanvin to Jean Piguet...

Vintage Carolee Gold Tone Long Purse Necklace Circa 1980s. This looks great doubled or worn one piece against the neck. Right in style today with the ...

Vintage Gold Tone Solid Heart on Link Toggle Chain Necklace. 35" L Chain with the heart is 37.5" The heart is 1.25" W. Can be worn long or doubl...

This amazing hand set and hand wrought custom designed roman inspired hanging pendant chain link pendant necklace is by Linda Levinson and is signed. It is from the 80's. She was a j...

1990s Chanel large simulated pearl and gold chain link necklace. From the time Karl Lagerfeld and Victoire de Castellane were the creative directors for the House in fashion and jewellery respectively. This single strand sautoir simply slips on over the head and has a gold plated and engraved authenticity cartouche stamped Chanel, Made in France. Season '29' corresponds to 1990 as the year of manufacture. This necklace is in superb vintage condition overall. Early Chanel...

This is a beautiful and stylish massive chain necklace designed by Karl Lagerfeld in 1990’s. This piece is gold plated. The length can be adjusted to several options. Signed: "KL" Max. length: 52cm ——— If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. We describe our items accurately. Please note that in reality they can look much better because photo can’t capture that magical sparkle. We have many years of experience in this business. And we have a very carefully curated selection of pieces. You can buy with confidence. Thank you for your consideration. ——— “Laura Antiques...

Vintage 1990s Givenchy puffy mariner link chain necklace in gold plate. This long heritage necklace comprises graduated puffy mariner links with fo...

Beautiful gold plated necklace set with sparkling rhinestones. The necklace measures length 51.1 cm / 20.1 inches by width 5 mm / .19 inch. It is in very good condition. This is a h...

Vintage Gucci Necklace 1990s - 1992 Collection Incredible and rare chunky link necklace from the legendary House of Gucci. This amazing piece ...