NECKLACE
Creator(s): Harry Winston, Inc. (Jeweler)
On view in: Jewelry Case
About this object
The necklace is composed of thirty-eight pear-shaped diamonds, 262 round diamonds, and ninety oval and pear-shaped cabochon turquoises mounted in platinum. It is designed as a series of oval-shaped cabochon turquoises alternating with clusters of round and pear-shaped diamonds. The front supports a fringe of eleven graduated cabochon turquoise drops, each within a pear-shaped cabochon turquoise and round diamond surround. The drops are surmounted by trefoils of round and pear-shaped diamonds. The clasp features three graduated pear-shaped cabochon turquoises suspended from round and pear-shaped diamonds.
- Object name:
- NECKLACE
- Made from:
- Turquoises -- diamonds -- platinum
- Made in:
- New York, USA
- Date made:
- 1961
- Size:
- H. 8 in.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 17.73.1
- Class:
- JEWELRY
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973