French Art Nouveau Filigree Festoon Necklace

in 18k Gold

$ 4,800.00 

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Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Art Nouveau era necklace, fabricated in 18k yellow gold, from whose seven, ellipse-shaped, filigree panels drop webby festoons of fine cable chain. Our filigrees feature lip-form wirework, and a central row of granulated beads that seems to seal these lips. The slim, smooth frame of each panel in surmounted by a border of twisted wire.
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Art Nouveau era necklace, fabricated in 18k yellow gold, from whose seven, ellipse-shaped, filigree panels drop webby festoons of fine cable chain. Our filigrees feature lip-form wirework, and a central row of granulated beads that seems to seal these lips. The slim, smooth frame of each panel in surmounted by a border of twisted wire.
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Art Nouveau era necklace, fabricated in 18k yellow gold, from whose seven, ellipse-shaped, filigree panels drop webby festoons of fine cable chain. Our filigrees feature lip-form wirework, and a central row of granulated beads that seems to seal these lips. The slim, smooth frame of each panel in surmounted by a border of twisted wire.

An Art Nouveau era necklace, fabricated in 18k yellow gold, from whose seven, ellipse-shaped, filigree panels drop webby festoons of fine cable chain. Our filigrees feature lip-form wirework, and a central row of granulated beads that seems to seal those lips. The slim, smooth frame of each panel is surmounted by a border of twisted wire. The chain that drops from these panels, in overlapping festoons, is delicate and ethereal, almost disappearing against the wearer's skin. A fancy-link chain rounds out the necklace. Closure is the original spring ring clasp. This is marked with the French eagle's head standard, for 18k gold.

Materials

18k gold

Age

c. 1900

Dimensions

Wearable length measures approx 16.5"; central ellipse measures approx 23 x 10 mm; smallest ellipses measure approx 18.7 x 8.8 mm; width of chain's bar links is approx 2.25 mm; weight is 13.42 grams.

Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Art Nouveau era necklace, fabricated in 18k yellow gold, from whose seven, ellipse-shaped, filigree panels drop webby festoons of fine cable chain. Our filigrees feature lip-form wirework, and a central row of granulated beads that seems to seal these lips. The slim, smooth frame of each panel in surmounted by a border of twisted wire.
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Art Nouveau era necklace, fabricated in 18k yellow gold, from whose seven, ellipse-shaped, filigree panels drop webby festoons of fine cable chain. Our filigrees feature lip-form wirework, and a central row of granulated beads that seems to seal these lips. The slim, smooth frame of each panel in surmounted by a border of twisted wire.
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Art Nouveau era necklace, fabricated in 18k yellow gold, from whose seven, ellipse-shaped, filigree panels drop webby festoons of fine cable chain. Our filigrees feature lip-form wirework, and a central row of granulated beads that seems to seal these lips. The slim, smooth frame of each panel in surmounted by a border of twisted wire.