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A SET OF GILT METAL FEATHER JEWELRY, CHANEL
Comprising two bar brooches, each designed as overlapping gilt metal feathers centering a simulated pearl, one further accented with rhinestones; and a pair of ear clips, each of semicircle design of gilt metal feathers accented with rhinestones and a simulated pearl, 4.5, 3, and 2 in., respectively
Signed Chanel on a circular plaque, signed Chanel on a circular plaque, and signed Chanel, respectively
Originally, the ear clips with the feather motif were designed for Balenciaga. When Mlle. Chanel saw them she had M. Goossens make the same ones for her. (3)
Comprising two bar brooches, each designed as overlapping gilt metal feathers centering a simulated pearl, one further accented with rhinestones; and a pair of ear clips, each of semicircle design of gilt metal feathers accented with rhinestones and a simulated pearl, 4.5, 3, and 2 in., respectively
Signed Chanel on a circular plaque, signed Chanel on a circular plaque, and signed Chanel, respectively
Originally, the ear clips with the feather motif were designed for Balenciaga. When Mlle. Chanel saw them she had M. Goossens make the same ones for her. (3)
Literature
For an illustration of the feather ear clips, see:
Janet Wallach, "Chanel: Her Style and Her Life," Doubleday, New York, 1998, p. 91
Janet Wallach, "Chanel: Her Style and Her Life," Doubleday, New York, 1998, p. 91