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A gilt metal and turquoise glass bead sautoir necklace, Christian Dior, 1950s.
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A charming necklace from Mitchel Maer for Christian Dior, in the early 1950s, this hammered gilt metal and turquoise bead necklace is a highly recognisable and iconic design, of the high quality associated with this creator. With reference to jewellery from times past, this is a very wearable necklace, a very welcome addition to any collection of vintage Dior jewellery and a chance to own a unique piece of the Dior heritage and past.
American Mitchel Maer settled in England, where he started his own jewellery manufacturing business in the early 1950s. It was of the highest quality and finest craftsmanship.
It was because of these characteristics that, during a short period (1954 to 1956), the company was commissioned to create jewellery for Christian Dior, producing some of the most stunningly beautiful jewellery ever made.
Most of the designs were produced in Paris and then sent to Mitchel Maer, for refining, Mitchel Maer producing some of the designs himself.
A wide variety of subjects were used, the imagery mainly referring back to the 18th century in France, as seen in Dior’s clothes of this time, echoing a time of high femininity and escape from the strictures and rationing of the Second World War.
Flowers, (some ‘en tremblant’ which was a highly successful line), birds, imagery from French history such as dolphins, swans (Dior’s favorite bird), and ‘hippocamps’ (flying horses with fish’s tails), as well as some heraldic images, were amongst the rich world created with the jewellery.
Sadly it was only a very short but highly intense and productive collaboration between the two, with Christian Dior’s untimely and sudden death in 1957, and Mitchel Maer encountering financial difficulties.
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- Weight:72 g
- Dimensions:Width: 1 in (25.4 mm)Depth: 0.4 in (10.16 mm)Length: 15 in (381 mm)
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- Date of Manufacture:c1952
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Greyabbey, GB
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