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NECKLACE

Creator(s): Cartier (Firm)

Currently in storage


About this object

The pearls are said to have come from a larger string often worn by Marjorie Post, which was divided into necklaces for each daughter.

The necklace features forty-three graduated natural pearls and a platinum clasp set with one narrow table-cut diamond in the center and two triangular table-cut diamonds on either side. Two smaller diamonds in a tulip-shaped platinum setting are placed on either side of the clasp, adjoining the string of pearls. The largest pearl is 1.2 cm in diameter; the smallest is 0.7 cm in diameter.

Object name:
NECKLACE
Made from:
Pearls -- diamonds -- platinum
Made in:
New York, USA
Date made:
20th c.
Size:
41.9 cm (16 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
17.86
Signature marks:
MARK CARTIER on back of clasp
Credit line:
Bequest of Mrs. Augustus Riggs, 1999