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Unusual "Collier Négligé" with Garnet-Glass-Doublets in Gold, c. 1910


€ 690.00 *
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Unusual "Collier Négligé" with Garnet-Glass-Doublets in Gold, c. 1910
Unusual "Collier Négligé" with Garnet-Glass-Doublets in Gold, c. 1910
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Three sapphire blue stones shine in gold settings. One of them is shaped like a transverse cushion. Below it, two drops are suspended from two pendulums of unequal length. This type of necklace, which enjoyed great popularity in the first decades of the 20th century, is known as the collier négligé: the name alludes to the casual elegance of the asymmetrical piece of jewelry and is derived from the French word for "careless". A closer look reveals a surprise: the shining blue gemstones are by no means sapphires, as you might think at first! They are simili-stones, a doublet of garnet and glass that is completely unusual today but was widely used at the time. A wafer-thin slice of garnet was glued to a body of blue glass and the two were then faceted together. The result is a gemstone that has a high light refraction due to the garnet and therefore sparkles much richer than glass. The surface is also harder and better protected against scratches. The use of such doublets only ended with the introduction of synthetic gemstones a short time later. The necklace is therefore a true piece of costume jewelry in the literal sense of the word. High-quality workmanship and made of real gold, and yet just affordable enough that it could be replaced quickly when fashion changed. The fact that it has survived to this day is even more fortunate. We discovered it here in Berlin.
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Unusual "Collier Négligé" with Garnet-Glass-Doublets in Gold, c. 1910
Hypnotic Blue
€ 690.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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