About Presentworth
Incorporated in USA as PresentWorth in 2012. With knowledgable international collectors for more than 30 years, buying and selling museum-collected works of artistry and increasing value from the 16th-20th century, with special interest in rediscovering overlooked treasures. In January 2023, we began selling such rare works on 1stDibs.
Presentworth
Established in 20121stDibs seller since 2022
Featured Pieces
ArtDeco 1927-1936 MarcelBoucher MazerBros GlassAccented Decorative LinkBracelet
By Marcel Boucher
Located in Chicago, IL
Signed with the early "Mazer Bros" signature, this Art-Deco period decorative link bracelet was created in the early 1930s while former Cartier designer Marcel Boucher was the design...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Link Bracelets
Materials
Citrine, Crystal, Gold, Silver, Gilt Metal
GripoixChanelGoosens RenaissanceStyleGiltBronzeOpenwork GlassCabochonGems Brooch
Located in Chicago, IL
With distinct handmade glass by French Maison Gripoix for a faux-amethyst 25mm domed open-back oval cabochon poured into a forged wire ring topped with a serrated-bezel setting, this...
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Vintage 1950s French Renaissance Revival Brooches
Materials
Amethyst, Chalcedony, Turquoise, Yellow Gold, Bronze, Gilt Metal
Gripoix ElsaSchiaparelli ShockingPinkGlass HandKnottedDoubleStrand Beaded Choker
By Elsa Schiaparelli
Located in Chicago, IL
When fuchsia Burmese rubies were among the most expensive gems in the 1930s, Elsa Schiaparelli began to embrace the "shocking pink" color while designing French-couture clothing and ...
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Vintage 1930s French Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gilt Metal, Yellow Gold, Bronze
Antique 33 Citrine PolishedTeardrops
FacetedBeads Bronze Chain Drop Necklace
Located in Chicago, IL
This antique French chain necklace with three-inch drop features 33 natural citrines including 16 polished-teardrop and 17 faceted-bead golden quartz. It was constructed by hand from...
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Early 20th Century French Artisan Drop Necklaces
Materials
Citrine, Bronze
Couture RogerVivierParis mid-2000s Strappy Stiletto Leather
CoarseHair Pumps
By Roger Vivier
Located in Chicago, IL
These couture Roger Vivier Paris platform stilettos with a heel height of four and a half inches feature dark-chocolate brown fine Italian leather and leopard-print animal hair with ...
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Early 2000s French Shoes
Couture ChanelGripoix 1930s PouredGlassAquaFlowerPendants ByzantineChain Parure
By Maison Gripoix for Chanel
Located in Chicago, IL
This couture Coco-Chanel-commissioned French Maison Gripoix handcrafted early-20th-Century demi-parure features eight flower pendants whose daisy-like metalsmithed petal frames suspe...
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Vintage 1930s French Byzantine Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Gilt Metal, Mixed Metal, Enamel, Bronze
Gripoix c1930s CocoChanel France Glass Intricate GiltBronze Chain Bib Necklace
By Maison Gripoix for Chanel
Located in Chicago, IL
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel commissioned French Maison Gripoix in the 1930s to fabricate this elegant handmade chain choker necklace for one of her couture clients. In the Mughal style t...
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Vintage 1930s French Anglo-Indian Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Turquoise, Yellow Gold, Gilt Metal, Bronze
Miram Haskell c1930 Stamped Brass FloralMotif Pendants LinkChain Choker Necklace
By Miriam Haskell
Located in Chicago, IL
Featuring stamped-brass findings c1930, this Miriam Haskell collar necklace was made by her first designer Frank Hess in an Art-Nouveau style with ornate floral motifs for its 15 dangling bud-shaped or fluted-ball pendants, along with intricate textural patterns on the bands that link the oval-ring chain choker. Among the festoon of graduating charms, the largest centered pendant is 1.5 inches long and 0.75 inches in diameter. One of our photos show that the surprisingly light-weight pendants are hollow--some with a hole punched at the bottom.
The distinct stamped brass, which include a fold-over clasp, are found in more obviously Haskell-Hess pre-WWII jewelry...
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Vintage 1930s American Artisan Link Necklaces
Materials
Brass
CommeDesGarcons 1999 Unique HandCut Appliques Overdyed Grey Knit Pullover Top
By Comme des Garçons, Rei Kawakubo Comme Des Garcons
Located in Chicago, IL
In 1999, Rei Kawakubo (b. 1942) focused on unprecedented sculptural texture and irregular color blocking to design her Comme des Garcons Spring/Summer 2000 collection, which was domi...
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1990s Japanese Pullovers
CommeDesGarcons 1999 Unique HandCut OverDyed Appliques Pullover PlungeVneck Top
By Comme des Garçons
Located in Chicago, IL
Unlike anything else from the 1990s, Comme des Garcons founder Rei Kawakubo (b. 1942) designed in 1999 for her Spring/Summer 2000 collection this pink-overdyed pullover soft stretch-...
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1990s Japanese Sweater Vests
McCartney 2002 SilkChiffon LayeredEmpireWaist SilverBeaded Bows CapSleeve Blouse
By Stella McCartney
Located in Chicago, IL
For her eponymous brand's second collection for Fall/Winter 2002, British Stella McCartney designed this airy layered silk-chiffon empire-waist cap-sleeve rose-color pullover blouse,...
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Early 2000s English Blouses
Brunello Cucinelli TuxedoTails RearTrain Wool Tailored Grey Shorts
By Brunello Cucinelli
Located in Chicago, IL
About a decade ago Brunello Cucinelli debuted these impeccably-tailored 100%-virgin-wool grey shorts whose back is completely concealed by tuxedo tails fashioned from a curvilinear-c...
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