20th Century Drop Necklaces

This is a stunning Rose Cut Diamond, Pearl, Platinum and Enamel pendant necklace in the form of a flower basket. The jewel is a museum quality antique Edwardian - Victorian necklace with delicate romantic grace and beauty. The flower basket is platinum. The pendant is set with 10 rose cut diamonds in the leaves, flower centers and basket. The flower petals are of natural pearls. The basket is set in a circle of white enamel over 14 Karat yellow gold. The chain is platinum. The necklace dates to 1890 - 1910. The Edwardians were the master of using platinum...

Celebrate heritage and elegance with this Blue and White Porcelain Bead Necklace made during Post World War II, intricately adorned with the ...

Maison Gripoix for Chanel pastille drop long necklace of deep ruby, emerald and amythest oval hand made stations in signature Gripoix poured glass enamel. Sautoir is handmade of fine...

This is a spectacular Museum Quality Antique Pendant in the Renaissance Revival style set with Rose Cut Diamonds and a central hanging Baroque Pearl made by the acclaimed British jewelers, Child & Child (1880-1916), of London. The pendant remains in its original fitted velvet, silk and leather box with the Child & Child insignia. The pendant is made of Silver topped with Pink Gold as was the custom of the Renaissance jewelry...

This is a wonderful Diamond and Black Onyx panther, lion, or leopard pendant in 14 Karat Yellow Gold. The stunning pendant is in the style of the Cartier panther jewels. The panthe...

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--Stone(s):-- (14) Genuine River & Seed Pearls - Baroque & Round Shape - Stem Set - Nice White Color Material: Solid 14K Yellow Gold Weight: 6.70 Grams Overall Width: 27.1mm (1") H...

Superb Miriam Haskell two strand long faux pearl necklace. The signature graduated pearls spaced with back to back sewn rose monte crystals.Th...

This elegant platinum feather design necklace features round brilliant and marquise diamond vanes emanating from a quill of carefully selected graduating baguettes brought wonderfull...

Robert Goosens, the French haute-couture Chanel-favorite parurier who enjoyed reinterpreting ancient and antique styles of jewelry with rock crystal and faux stones, also collaborated with Madame Alix Gres as one of our photos documents. Relevant to this statement necklace, the Parisian theatrical-costume designer, who founded the French fashion-house Maison Gres, commissioned Goosens to make spiral-wire adornments for her couture gowns. This handmade hammered brass wire choker necklace with five dropped en-tremblant pendants is decorated with unique colorful beads and wrapped wire. The piece dates between 1969-1971 based on similar unsigned spiraled-wire metal jewelry without goldsmithing marks in the museum collection of TheMet, which acquired the necklace that we photographed from Maison Givenchy founder Hubert de Givenchy, who was one of most supportive fans of Gres. Like the legendary sculptural clothing designs of Madame Gres, this necklace was inspired by Greco-Roman costumes, while its sculpted shapes by Goosens reference her signature curvilinear fabric techniques that earned her the sobriquet of "the master of the wrapped and draped dress". Goosens (1927-2016), nicknamed Monsieur Bijou, also made jewelry inspired by other periods of antiquity to compliment the couture clothing of Coco Chanel, Cristobal Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent. After Goosens collaborated with Gres, he revisited golden spiral designs with Saint Laurent. Similar to the free-flowing fabric manipulated in Gres gowns, this hand-shaped necklace that we photographed in sunlight is a study in motion that drapes across a curvy cleavage. Adding drama to this necklace below its wire choker, the top teetering-wire pendant is a twisted and hammered horizontal double spiral, which is a Hellenistic symbol of life and transformation suggesting the breasts of a goddess of fertility and motherhood. Yet distinctly Goosens, 18 hand-cut and hand-dyed "ancient-Roman-blue" rock-crystal beads are wire-strung to weight a second tier of two separate vertical double-spiral pendants. On each, a wrapped-wire tube divides the blue beads. Between these vertical pendants in two tiers, the central vertical pendants each feature a one-of-a-kind multicolor bead (yellow/blue/red/black/white) in two lengths with abstract organic patterns recalling ancient Italian glasswork. Four more blue beads bracket these larger colorful beads. An additional 10 blue beads and 5 wire tubes decorate the bottom looped wire pendant, as well as the bottom of the wire choker. Like the hammered-wire jewelry designs of modern artist Alexander Calder, the creative complex construction of this necklace surprisingly required no metalsmith techniques, such as soldering or casting, just great skill with a jewelry pliers and hammer. For a bigger picture of couture clothing by Madame Gres during the decade beginning in 1969, she notably designed many museum-collected one-color silk-taffeta draped long gowns with empire waists and simple high collars or geometric cut-outs. Remarkably, the focal points for some of these unique dresses were at the wrists, from where long pouf sleeves voluminously droop around the hands to nearly the floor like two enormous long-petaled flowers. If paired with this equally downward-focused and balanced necklace from this same period, its bold Greco-Roman elements would have pulled a viewer's gaze of the dress from floor to face. Although there is no significant provenance for this necklace, hammered brass and tinted rock crystal were among the few materials repeatedly associated with Goosens from 1969-71. For example, in his overlapping interior-decor collections based on themes of waterlilies or foliage, Goosens hammered gilt brass wire and sheets (see our final closeup photo) to represent plant parts or he wired rock-crystal beads to appear as tiny fruits. While the two multicolor glass or resin beads in this necklace are atypical, the combination of blue, yellow and red is a palette that the designer used for other pieces of rock-crystal jewelry and he created many kinds of multicolor faux stones with glass or resin paste, such as faux Tibetan turquoise including black and white. According to journalism based on interviews with Goosens, he often acquired unusual stones and glass for inspiration during his extensive travels exploring museum-collected antiquities. Since Maison Goosens was acquired in 2005 by Maison Chanel, it opened the Parisian showroom Galerie Goosens and associated shops to sell many kinds of reproductions and reimagined works by the founder, which fortunately does not suit the completely handmade elements of this necklace. So this couture piece remains one-of-a-kind. If desiring a vintage haute-couture original by Robert Goosens, we recommend perusing the Maison Goosens website so that a reproduction with a contemporary signature is not mistakenly purchased. Madame Gres (1903-1993) was born Germaine Emelie Krebs, but initially identified her fashion designs with the pseudonym Alix and later Alix Barton...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exquisite circa 1920’s Art Deco Tiffany & Co platinum diamond and p...

Retro 18K white gold necklace set with 18 natural round brilliant diamonds, weighing approximately 2.07 carats in total. At the center is a GIA-certified natural pear brilliant diamo...

An Art Deco period diamond and onyx journey style target necklace in platinum. Centered by three graduated diamonds set in miligrain beaded platinum bezels against a backdrop of pol...

The necklace is 32" around, with a 6" drop Smallest pearls measure 3mm, with one large center pearl, 5mm wide. Weighing 8.04G Ships in a jewelry gift box.

This stunning modernist Space Age long metal necklace with a geometric pendant from the 1970s is reminiscent of Paco Rabanne's work. The piece features a rigid, chromed metal around-...

Van Cleef & Arpels 'Miroir Des Eaux' Multi- gem and Diamond Necklace. This necklace has rectangular-shaped MOP and black onyx on white gold with pear s...

A mesmerizingly beautiful vintage Juliana Zebra Necklace created by American jewellers DeLizza & Elster during the 1950s. A wonderfully autumnal colour ...

Bochic “Capri” Diamond, Amethyst, Topaz, Citrine & Peridot Necklace in 18K & Silver Green Peridot - 9 Carats Blue Topaz pe - 7 Carats Citrine - 4 Carats Green Amethyst - 40Car...

Boucheron jewelry suite consisting of 4 pieces including a long necklace, removable pendant, earrings and a ring. The suite is composed of bronze ...

Miriam Haskell Gilt Leaf Pendant Necklace composed of hand sewn rose montees crystals on electroplated leaves and faux pearls. Chaining is of 2 gilt chains mixed with a rhinestone ch...

Item Specifications: Necklace Metal: 14k Yellow Gold Total Weight: 6.3 Grams Stamped: "14K" ​ ​Gemstone: Trillion Cut Mystic Topaz ​ ​Mystic Topaz Measurements: 8.8 mm x 8.8 mm I...

Marbleized green bakelite cushion shaped pendant with gilt fox tube chain, 1970s USA by Trifari. Excellent condition.