A CABCHON RUBY AND GOLD "BYZANTIUM" NECKLACE, LALAOUNIS
A CABCHON RUBY AND GOLD "BYZANTIUM" NECKLACE, LALAOUNIS

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A CABCHON RUBY AND GOLD "BYZANTIUM" NECKLACE, LALAOUNIS
The fringe necklace composed of a series of textured gold pendants, alternating enhanced by circular cabochon rubies, mounted in 18K gold, in a velvet case--16 ins. long
Signed by Lalaounis
Literature
For an illustration of a similar necklace see:

Ilias Lalaounis, "Metamorphoses", Greece, 1984, p. 149.

The following text accompanies the illustration: "A piece of Byzantine lace led us to design in 18K gold in which the gold wire is used like silk thread".