1930s Art Deco Gilded Metal Vintage Glass Bauble Necklace

This necklace dates from the 1930s and was made in Czechoslovakia. It features collectible mirror glass. Condition Report: Excellent The Details... This brass necklace features re...

This necklace dates from the 1930s and was made in Czechoslovakia. It features collectible mirror glass. Condition Report: Excellent The Details... This brass necklace features bl...

This exceptionally rare and shimmering necklace was created in the 1930s. It was most likely made in France. Condition Report: Good - There is some loss of coating to some of the ...

This stylish necklace dates from the 1930s and was created by Jakob Bengel. Condition Report: Excellent The Details... This necklace is constructed from chrome plated metal. It is...

A classic Art Deco chrome and glass bead two row necklace, made from small chrome metal 'cups', fitting one inside another , to create a very fluid an...

Beautiful Art Deco gold tone wire necklace, featuring oval golden foil glass beads, with gold glass bead accents. Length 41.3 cm / 16.25 inches. This ...

Beautiful Art Deco pale gold tone wire necklace, featuring graduated clear faceted crystal beads, with black bead accents. The centre bead is decorated with black enamel. Length 46.2...

Featuring 12 large patinated pearlescent charms distinctly handcrafted by Parisian Louis Rousselet--the master glass-and-metal-ornament parurier for French couture fashion houses since 1920--this heavy silver chain necklace is made in the unique chunky style of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel that she introduced in the late 1920s as her alternative to pearls. Capping Rousselet's signature Art-Deco-period handmade beads, his intricate multi-texture metal tops for these balls resemble organic shapes like the stems of acorns or fruit. In a bib arrangement, the duotone reflective heavy spheres--in black glass, blue-gray enameled galalith, and silver metal--conform to the cleavage of the wearer. Aside from chain jewelry commissioned by Chanel, Rousselet-style jewelry was usually constructed with thin wires or braided string to enable his beads to attract the most attention. Notably, this necklace fastens with an enlarged spring-ring clasp that became associated with increasingly heavy Chanel costume jewelry. Like 1920s Chanel jewelry by Rousselet, the necklace is both unmarked for French origin and unsigned. In subsequent decades, variations of chunky-charm chain necklaces were reproduced by Chanel with her other paruriers using different materials in which they specialized, such as a similar Chanel-signed piece in the 1960s by bronze-maker Maison Denez...