Vintage Faux Pearl and Faux Turquoise With Gold Beads Necklace Circa 1990s

Vintage Ciner for Joan Rivers Faux Pearl with Diamante 4 Strand Necklace. Has two detailed diamante pieces on either side in gold tone that connect the three strands of faux pearls. ...

Vintage Maison Gripoix White, Crystal and Faux Turquoise on Gold Chain Necklace. 3 Different Emblems On Gold Chain with Dangling White Piece in the Middle. 22"-24" L. Dangling Middle is 3" L. Each Piece is 2" by 2" Guy de Maupassant wrote a famous story about a necklace. The story is about a young, pretty, intelligent, well educated but poorly endowed bride who has to marry a petty official; and thus suffering from the limitations of living a life with a husband that lacked any exquisite qualities. In order to entertain his dejected spouse, one day her husband gets an invitation to a ball and gives his wife 400 francs he had saved for a hunting rifle so that she would be able to order an appropriate dress. However, when the dress is ready it becomes clear that it is lacking jewelry; and it would be impossible to attend the ball while looking so poor. The protagonist approaches her rich childhood friend with whom she was raised together at the monastery and borrows a diamond necklace from her. The ball is a great success and she is the centre of attention. However when the woman returns home, she discovers that she has lost the necklace. In order to conceal her faux pas from her friend, she buys a new necklace identical to the one she lost, and to pay it off the woman gets into a huge debt which over the years gradually drags her down the social ladder from bourgeoisie to poverty. Ten years later, having lost her good looks, the woman encounters her friend on the Champs Elysees, who still looks young, beautiful and rich. The protagonist reveals to her friend the whole story about the necklace, but her friend replies in amazement that the diamonds were fake and would “cost 500 francs at most”. Maison Gripoix starts out with a dramatic story. In 1869 (or a year earlier, according to other sources), Paris master glass-maker Augustina Gripoix began making replicas of pearls and crystals; casting glass into different shapes and colours and inserting them into most sophisticated settings. She used the pâte de verre (glass paste) technique, whereby a traditional ceramic or qypsum form was filled with a multi-colour pieces of glass and special gluing substances and then baked in a furnace, resulting in objects featuring fantastical hues. Only Augustina made her crystals by pouring the melted glass paste into the press moulds skipping the furnace step, allowing her to achieve the purity of colour, transparency and shine. She found a simple method to make beautiful jewelry and thus Marquises, Duchesses and Princesses qued up ... so Madame Gripoix would make them replicas of their own jewelry in case of robbery or loss, or some unusual jewelry pieces for their new wraps, neckpieces, or boas. The so-called ‘costume jewelry’ emerged to a large extent thanks to the work of Maison Gripoix. Augustina Gripoix earned her fame in the 1890’s when she started making necklaces for Sarah Bernhardt to wear on stage; and later the costume jewelry for the first high fashion house of Charles Frederick Worth. Later on, Paul Poiret, the leading couturier of the 1910’s contacted her and she created sophisticated oriental style jewelry for him to match his famous oriental costumes based on the aesthetic of Diaghilev’s initial Russian seasons. The value of costume jewelry was now being recognized in its own right; and not just for imitation purposes. The taste of emancipated young girls, who were gaining more and more freedom and opportunities, was best met with bijouterie. So in the 1920, when Augustina’s daughter Susan became the head of the House; Gripoix prospects became even more exciting. Girls with short-cropped hair in short dresses zoomed by in open-top cars wearing bijou rather than diamonds. Everyone ordered bijouterie from Madam Gripoix during this period, from Jeanne Lanvin to Jean Piguet...

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL 3 Strand Pearl and Faux Turquoise. Not signed but attributed to Yves Saint Laurent. The Pearls are all different Shapes and the Pieces of Faux Turquo...

Vintage Faux Pearl Choker With Cascading Long Necklace Circa 1990s. This spectacular Choker/necklace has a 3 row choker that then has many da...

Vintage Poggi Paris Gold Tone With Large Crystals 3 Row Necklace Circa 1990s. This is so gorgeous if I say so. There are three rows of the crystals. They fit between 15"-16.5": so...

Vintage Christian Lacroix Enamel and Faux Pearl Cross. Gold Tone with Pink under the Gold. Pearl Sits in the middle. Could be worn on a Link Necklace...

Chanel Vintage '90s Multi-Strand Pearl & Crystal Rondelle Necklace Made In: France Year of Production: 1990-1992 Color: Ivory and goldtone Materials: Faux pearls, metal and rhinesto...

One pearl and 18K yellow gold Passo Doppio necklace by Bvlgari featuring a triple strand of gold link and cultured pearl strands. Pearls measure 7.5 millimeters in diameter and total...

A seriously dramatic vintage yellow beaded high collar. Featuring no less than twenty rows of neon yellow glass faceted beads punctuated with accent ...

Barrera Necklace with both white matte and clear glass beading. Large Mother of pearl clasp. Measures 19 inches end to end. Beads range from 9mm to 5mm. Clasp measures 1.63 x 1.30. T...

Triple tier minimum 16" length to 20" length total 12mm raw turquoise beads 12mm freshwater pearl beads Silver PLEASE NOTE: THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY IN AN...

Gorgeous piece made in Los Angeles by Marina J. This lovely Victorian inspired Necklace is hand woven into a tight lace like design, using all Cultured White Pearls displaying beauti...