Vintage High-Carat Gold Bead Necklace with Crocodile Skin Texture, Gucci, Italian, c. 1980s

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Vintage High-Carat Gold Bead Necklace with Crocodile Skin Texture, Gucci, Italian, c. 1980s

€ 22,890.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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All times have their fashions, and all fashions have their effects on jewellery. Jewellery from the 1980s is an impressive testimony to a time of optimism and abundance: the oil crisis seemed to have been overcome, Wall Street was flourishing. one sipped cocktails and paid by credit card, anything seemed possible. At the same time, a new image of women emerged. Self-confident and tough, asserting herself in her job and against men, successful, with broad shoulder pads and high heels, she adorned herself with rings, necklaces and brooches of hitherto unfamiliar dimensions, with reflective surfaces of yellow gold and often a rich setting of coloured gemstones. Jewellery and fashion have always been closely linked. What is created for the catwalk also finds its equivalent in the brilliance of precious metal. It is therefore hardly surprising that the great fashion houses of the 20th century not only designed clothing, but also developed their own jewellery lines: the world of haute couture naturally became a world of haute joaillerie. This necklace from Gucci was created in the 1980s, as is immediately apparent. The design is uncompromisingly bold: fourteen large spheres of high-carat yellow gold are strung together to form a striking necklace. Their surfaces are embossed to resemble crocodile skin. This play with structure thus builds a bridge back to the fashion from which this piece of jewellery emerged, as crocodile leather handbags and belts were all the rage in the 1980s. A necklace that elegantly combines couture and jewellery bears the signature of one of the greatest Italian houses: Gucci. It came to us from an important private collection in Stuttgart.

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€ 22,890.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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