Art Deco Orange Square Cut Paste Choker, 1920s

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Description

This stylish choker, perfect for layering with other pieces, dates from the 1920s.

Condition Report:
Excellent

The Details\.
This necklace … Read more This stylish choker, perfect for layering with other pieces, dates from the 1920s.

Condition Report:
Excellent

The Details\.
This necklace is constructed from a weighty silver tone metal. It features bezel set, square cut, orange paste stones along its length. It fastens with a bolt ring and measures 36cm in length.

A Short History\.
During the 1920s and early 1930s, jewellery was influenced by the dawn of a new era. There was a push for all things modern after the shock of the First World War - people wanted to be cleansed of the old and celebrate the new. In the world of design a pure, hard-edged style was craved. This was evident in Bauhaus architecture, cubist art and the dropped-waist, linear-cut silhouette of the Flapper Girl. Jewellery designers looked to celebrate a burgeoning, bright industrial future in their work, creating pieces that looked almost mechanical with their sharp shapes and chrome coloured highlights. This necklace is certainly a-typical of Art Deco jewellery design during the period - its bold geometry, encrusted with bright pastes for a new feminine look and movement.

Wear it With\.
This necklace would work well layered with other coloured paste pieces for the ultimate glamorous statement. See less