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FLORAL GLASS NECKLACE
Designed as a line of pink, blue and green glass flowers, centering upon a three-flower motif with two green glass leaves, mounted in yellow metal, --21½ in., in a signed Chanel box, (two petals missing)
Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel (1883-1971) was an instrumental force in popularizing the bijoux de couture. These handmade jewels, created solely for their decorative value, were shamelessly fake and extremely fashionable. These pieces, due to their fine craftsmanship, originality and sophistication, were expensive and their production was generally very limited.
The present necklace from the "Fleurs Emaillées" collection, made for Chanel by Maison Gripoix, was inspired by a variety of flowers during the emergence of naturalism in the 1930's. The Maison Gripoix, a maker of nonprecious ornaments since the turn of the century, began production of jewelry for Chanel in 1924. Actually made of glass paste and gold-plated metal, the flowers in this necklace have the luminous look of plique-à-jour enamel.
Designed as a line of pink, blue and green glass flowers, centering upon a three-flower motif with two green glass leaves, mounted in yellow metal, --21½ in., in a signed Chanel box, (two petals missing)
Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel (1883-1971) was an instrumental force in popularizing the bijoux de couture. These handmade jewels, created solely for their decorative value, were shamelessly fake and extremely fashionable. These pieces, due to their fine craftsmanship, originality and sophistication, were expensive and their production was generally very limited.
The present necklace from the "Fleurs Emaillées" collection, made for Chanel by Maison Gripoix, was inspired by a variety of flowers during the emergence of naturalism in the 1930's. The Maison Gripoix, a maker of nonprecious ornaments since the turn of the century, began production of jewelry for Chanel in 1924. Actually made of glass paste and gold-plated metal, the flowers in this necklace have the luminous look of plique-à-jour enamel.