Art Deco Necklaces

Very elegant long necklace of vintage hand carved torchon black onyx beads. These are extremely rare to find, and I basically source them from antique stock. These beautiful onyx be...

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Necklace in pearly cream orient cultured pearls, in fall. The clasp is in 18 karat white gold, eagle head hallmark, and set with rose-cut diamonds and a brilliant-cut diamond more important in the center. A safety chain completes the closure. Diameter of the pearls : 4.5/5 to 8/8.5 mm approximately. Length : 49 cm. Total weight of the jewel : 24,9 g approximately. Authentic antique jewelry - French work of the 1930s. Necklace entirely threaded on new silk thread. Our opinion : The Art Deco pearl...

This Necklace is made of 18K White Gold. This Necklace has 0.20 Carats of White Brilliant Cut Diamonds. This Necklace has 480.00 Carats of Pearls. The Diameter of the Pearls goes fr...

This Necklace is made of 18K White Gold. This Necklace has 0.90 Carats of White Brilliant Cut Diamonds. This Necklace has 9.20 Carats of Natural Blue Cabochon Cut Sapphires. This Nec...

A vintage cultured pearl and round brilliant-cut diamond sautoir tassel necklace in 18kt yellow gold, 1970s. This Art Deco-style necklace is designed as...

This Necklace is made of 18K White Gold. This Necklace has 0.20 Carats of White Brilliant Cut Diamonds. This Necklace has 480.00 Carats of Pearls. The Diameter of the Pearls goes fr...

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Carved Emerald, Sapphire, and Pink Tourmaline Beads White Diamond Gold Necklace: A highly rare and designer necklace, it features giant carved e...

Diamond emerald pearl pendant fashioned in 14 karat white gold. The pendant features diamonds, emeralds, and cultured pearls. The diamonds weigh approximately .36 carat total weight ...

This absolutely stunning and classic triple row pearl necklace has the most exquisite emerald cut diamond clasp, spacers and it also has a Fr...

Mikimoto Kōkichi became fascinated with pearls as a young child in Japan. He would in time invent a process for creating what became the first cultured pearl —a blister pearl— and later seed pearls and half-pearls. In 1920 Mikimoto achieved his ultimate goal when he successfully cultured the first commercially viable round pearls. The necklace featured here is an extraordinarily rare and 100% original strand of early 1920s cultured Akoya pearls created by Mikimoto, the Japanese company founded by Mikimoto Kōkichi. This historically significant necklace pre-dates the 1937 World Exposition in Paris at which Mikimoto displayed a brilliantly innovative and unique jewel featuring his miraculous and perfect cultured pearls together with diamonds, emeralds and calibre cut sapphires: the Yaguruma Sash Clip. It was this piece of jewelry that placed Mikimoto front and center on the world stage. The early 19" Art Deco necklace you see her was created before Mikimoto had established himself as a legend. Composed of 101 luminous round pearls that range in size from 3.33 mm to 7.06 mm. The pearls display excellent luminosity and orient. They are a creamy-white color with gold overtones. These pearls more strongly resemble natural, uncultured pearls because of their thick, high-quality nacre. Nacre (pronounced NAY-ker) is the luminous, magical substance of which natural pearls are composed. Cultured pearls contain a bead of shell or tissue around which nacre forms. Nacre takes time to develop. But the longer a pearl remains in the mollusk, the greater the chances for irregularities and imperfections to occur. So one must balance the time allowed for thick nacre to occur while at the same time achieving a round pearl without blemishes or pitting. Today, it's common for a commercial-quality cultured pearl to spend as few as eight months in the water achieving a bead-round pearl with high luster but at the price of thin nacre which can wear-away in very little time. However, early cultured pearls like these remained in the water for much longer —sometimes years— resulting in a very thick layer of nacre. Which is why these pearls have such extraordinary luster and orient. "Orient" is the play of light —the glow— that seems to come from within the pearl and not all pearls display orient because thick nacre is required for this display to occur. For many years I sought a strand of antique Mikimoto pearls because I have always been especially fascinated by an artist's first work, not necessarily their most famous. Over the years I have encountered many strands of pearl necklaces...