Palm Springs - Drop Necklaces

Black onyx plaques threaded on sterling silver chain with tubes, created by Betty Cooke of Baltimore, Maryland. Sterling tube necklace portion measures 19", pendant 4.75" including d...

Rare, hand crocheted sterling silver sautoir with fluted gold vermeil magnifying glass monocle created by Arline Fisch of San Diego, California. Piece me...

Mexican modern heavy ball and chain lariat necklace, circa 1960s. Chain and decorative ball pendant have a total length of 31.5". Signed 925, Eagle mark, EOL In very good vintage co...

Bjorn Weckstrom sterling silver and acrylic "Big Drop" necklace from the Space Series for Lapponia, Finland. The pendant measures 3.5" by 1.75" and suspends from a 23.5" chain. Signe...

1970's Bronze lion necklace with sun-ray like mane and glass eyes created by Pal Kepenyes of Acapulco, Mexico. Pendant measures 5" high by 4 1/2" wide and is attached to a 24" chain...

Architectural artisan statement pendant necklace - comprised out of black, blue, clear, and green acrylic the necklace features a large geometric drop at the center adorned with clea...

Vintage architectural gilt-metal statement necklace by Christian Lacroix - made in Paris, collection 1990.

Scarce vintage Yves Saint Laurent jeweled diamante silver-tone statement necklace by Robert Goossens. The necklace features a striking yet i...

Exquisite vintage Christian Dior necklace, comprised out of silver-tome metal the necklace features a romantic design with large prong-set faceted citrine, gold, and pink rhinestones - the necklace is signed Christian Dior 1958...

Contemporary designer giant peapod statement necklace - the bold necklace is comprised out of a row of highly adorned enameline (resin and enamel) peapods. The oversized peapods feat...

Important and scarce vintage Coco Chanel "camellia" pate de verre statement necklace. This iconic necklace is comprised of gilt metal dore and pink camellia flowers comprised out of "pate de verre" poured glass by Maison Gripoix which gradually cascades down and is adorned by large green leaves. Maison Gripoix is one of the oldest and most reputable workshops of bijoux de haute couture, one of their first and most reputable clients being Coco Chanel, who started working with Mdme. Gripoix in the 1920s continuing until the late 1960s. Often using camellias in her designs, as it was the first bouquet she received by Boy Capel, her lover. The necklace is in pristine condition and is large in scale which is unusual for most Chanel jewelry, it dates to the early 1980s - signed on the back. About Chanel (Designer) The first Chanel shop was opened in 1910 in Paris on rue Cambon by the young milliner Gabrielle Chanel (1883–1971), who had picked up the nickname “Coco” while working as a club singer. The boutique drew the attention of the Parisian fashion elite who popularized her wide-brimmed Chanel Modes hats. Soon she added a sportswear store in the Normandy resort town of Deauville, where Coco set the tone for her defining sense of style — traditionally masculine garments reimagined for feminine shapes, made from simple jersey fabric. Effortless and elegant, her designs promoted comfort and grace in women’s wear that had been dominated in the previous century by complicated layers of fabric and cumbersome corsets. She followed this success with a couture house, opened in 1915 in Biarritz. Over the next six decades, Coco Chanel would become a pivotal designer of both fashionable casual wear and Paris haute couture as well as an icon and arbiter of 20th-century style with her bob haircut and pearls. However, Chanel was not born into a life of glamour. Following the death of her mother, her father left her in an orphanage where she lived until the age of 18. It was there that she learned to sew as well as appreciate the classic pairing of black and white as worn by the nuns. In 1926, she introduced her first little black dress, reclaiming a color that had once been reserved for mourning and working-class women. That same decade, she debuted her perfume, Chanel No. 5, as well as the Chanel suit with a collarless jacket and fitted skirt, inspired by the boxy lines of men’s clothing and employing a sporty tweed. Chanel closed her fashion operations during World War II, then returned to the industry in 1954 to design for the functional needs of modern women. Structure and wearability endured in all of Chanel’s clothing and accessories, like the quilted leather 2.55 handbag introduced in 1955 with its gold-chain shoulder strap that freed up a woman’s hands. The 1957 two-tone slingback...

Sterling silver long tube necklace with large 1.5" pink quartz bead created by modernist jeweler Betty Cooke of Baltimore, Maryland. Necklace measur...