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Vintage HENKEL & GROSSE Necklace
Beautiful and coveted Dior designer necklace featuring moghul style cabochons in green swirls and deep blue surrounded by sparkling clear rhinestones and set in heavy gold-plate. The triple woven chain drapes beautifully and has a heavy push clasp. Signed GROSSE GERMANY 1969. Excellent Vintage Condition. The clasp seems to have been soldered or glued shut, perhaps it was not secure and this was done. It doesn't present a problem as the necklace easily fits over the head.
Measurements (Approx.)
Length: 28"
Centerpiece: 2-3/4"
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"That one of the foremost French designers sought out one of the most respected German jewelry manufacturers in the postwar years was more a departure and new initiative for Christian Dior with his 'New Look' in 1947 than for Henkel & Grossé, which had previously produced jewelry for Lanvin and Elsa Schiaparelli, maintained a Paris sales office and received a medal of honor for innovative jewelry design at the 1937 Universal Exposition in Paris.
In 1955 the epitome of this renown was Henkel & Grosse's license to develop, produce and sell high-end costume jewelry for the Dior brand - of historical significance, in that it involved French ministerial approval of this collaboration with a German firm, and that the young ministerial director who supported the project was none other than Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. The licensing agreement lasted over 50 years, - remarkable in House of Dior history, and in 2005 Henkel & Grosse was taken over by Dior. "
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Beautiful and coveted Dior designer necklace featuring moghul style cabochons in green swirls and deep blue surrounded by sparkling clear rhinestones and set in heavy gold-plate. The triple woven chain drapes beautifully and has a heavy push clasp. Signed GROSSE GERMANY 1969. Excellent Vintage Condition. The clasp seems to have been soldered or glued shut, perhaps it was not secure and this was done. It doesn't present a problem as the necklace easily fits over the head.
Measurements (Approx.)
Length: 28"
Centerpiece: 2-3/4"
ITEMS ARE ALWAYS SHIPPED IN A BEAUTIFUL GIFT BOX
"That one of the foremost French designers sought out one of the most respected German jewelry manufacturers in the postwar years was more a departure and new initiative for Christian Dior with his 'New Look' in 1947 than for Henkel & Grossé, which had previously produced jewelry for Lanvin and Elsa Schiaparelli, maintained a Paris sales office and received a medal of honor for innovative jewelry design at the 1937 Universal Exposition in Paris.
In 1955 the epitome of this renown was Henkel & Grosse's license to develop, produce and sell high-end costume jewelry for the Dior brand - of historical significance, in that it involved French ministerial approval of this collaboration with a German firm, and that the young ministerial director who supported the project was none other than Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. The licensing agreement lasted over 50 years, - remarkable in House of Dior history, and in 2005 Henkel & Grosse was taken over by Dior. "
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