VTG MIRIAM HASKELL SIGNED VENETIAN MILLEFIORI BEADS NECKLACE MAGNIFICENT

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HELLO AND WELCOME TODAY I AM OFFERING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION A GORGEOUS VENETIAN MILLEFIORI ART GLASS BEADS NECKLACE BY MIRIAM HASKELL THE NECKLACE IS 31" LONG AND FEATURES VENETIAN MILLEFIORI ART GLASS BEADS THERE ARE 27 BLACK VENETIAN GLASS BEADS THAT ARE 1/2 " IN DIAMETER AND 28 VENETIAN MILLEFIORI GLASS BEADS THAT ARE 1/4" IN DIAMETER...THERE ARE ALSO 68 SMALL BLACK AND WHITE VENETIAN ART GLASS SPACER BEADS. THE BEADS ARE HEAVY AND SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH INDICATING THAT THEY ARE OF HIGH QUALITY. THE DESIGNS ON THE HANDCRAFTED VENETIAN MILLEFIORI BEADS ARE JUST MAGNIFICENT. THE NECKLACE IS NOT KNOTTED AND HAS ABOUT A HALF INCH "FREE SPACE" ON IT,PROBABLY DUE TO AGE AND THE WEIGHT OF THE BEADS,THIS CAN EASILY BE ADJUSTED,OR YOU CAN WEAR THE NECKLACE JUST AS IT IS.THERE ARE NO MISSING BEADS.AND NO CHIPPED OR DAMAGED BEADS. ALSO FEATURING A PATENDED HOOK CLASP THAT IS SIGNED " MIRIAM HASKELL " AND A GOLD TONE HANG TAG THAT IS ALSO SIGNED " MIRIAM HASKELL" THE NECKLACE IS IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION,AND A MUST HAVE FOR YOUR COLLECTION. WILL BE SHIPPED INSURED WITH DELIVERY CONFIRMATION. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICE WITH ECAXT SHIPPING COST TO YOUR COUNTRY,THANKS HERE IS SOME INFO ON THE DESIGNER MIRIAM HASKELL Miriam Haskell (July 1, 1899-July 14, 1981) was an American designer of costume jewelry . Like Hattie Carnegie , Haskell founded her own company, one that still bears her name. With her creative partner Frank Hess, she invented affordable pieces of stunning originality from 1920 through the 1950s. Vintage examples and samples of Miriam Haskell designs are now much sought, held in both private collections and museums internationally. [1 ]Haskell was born in Tell City , IN, a small town across the Ohio River from Louisville , KY. After high school in nearby New Albany , where her Russian Jewish immigrant parents ran a dry-goods store, she studied for three years at Chicago University. Moving to New York City in 1924 with $500 in her pocket, probably borrowed from her father, she opened a jewelry boutique in 1926 in the old McAlpin Hotel , and a second outlet within the year at West 57th Street. Frank Hess joined her business the same year. Despite some controversy concerning the extent to which the magnificent jewelry designs are Haskell's or Hess's (Ellman quotes Haskell's nephew's claim that she designed a great deal [2 ]; Pamfiloff and others give the lion's share of credit to Hess [3 ]), the two worked together until Miriam left the company; Hess continued to design for many years afterwards. In the 1930s, the company relocated to 392 Fifth Avenue; their affordable art glass , strass , and gold-plate parures were wildly popular throughout the Great Depression, and the company went on to open boutiques at Saks Fifth Avenue and Burdine's, as well as stores in Miami and London. The Saks shop also offered pieces by Chanel .[ 4] Miriam Haskell jewelry was worn for publicity shots, films, and personal use by movies stars Joan Crawford and Lucille Ball , as well as by Gloria Vanderbilt and the Duchess of Windsor . Crawford owned a set of almost every Haskell ever produced, from the 1920s through the 1960s. [5 ]A line of classic baroque pearls supports the company's more colorful and experimental designs, but there are few venues the Haskell jewelers have not explored. Her workshop of craftsmen, many of whom were European refugees, was well paid for their strenuous work of wiring complex motifs built up of beads and strass montees to filigree backings. Noted for the superior quality of their materials and the exquisitely painstaking detail of their execution, Miriam Haskell's vintage pieces command high prices and are prized by collectors.In addition, the advertising watercolors of Larry Austin and others, which show models wearing exaggeratedly large Haskell necklaces, pins, bracelets, and so on, [2] are highly-sought collect... read more

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