4 STRAND DeMARIO BAROQUE PEARL NECKLACE~AB CRYSTAL BEADS~ORANGE LUCITE BEADS
Hard to come by, DeMario jewelry had a short time in which it was available due to Robert DeMario's untimely death in the late 1950's. This vintage necklace by DeMario is truly awesome. From the 1950's era it has 4 graduating strands of large and beautiful baroque glass pearl beads in graduated sizes. Accenting these are are faceted tangerine colored lucite beads, aurora borealis crystal beads and translucent glass beads that have an iridescent light gold coating fired on them. Gilded gold connectors are beautifully detailed, finely detailed double flowers on the top and quadruple flowers on the bottom. Rhinestone brilliants are prong set in the centers of the top flowers as well as the matching gilded metal flower on the shephards hook clasp. The necklace is a bit heavy due to the glass pearl beads but this is customary in quality designer pieces and not at all uncomfortable for those of us who have collected and worn these wonderful pieces over the years. The condition is very good to excellent vintage. The pearls are especially beautiful. The color and luster is incredible with no peeling, dulling or damage at all. The rest of the beads are also excellent with brilliant AB coating on the crystal beads and fabulous colors on the others. The stringing is nice with only a bit of stretching or "play" in the silk at the ends which is minor and not noticable when wearing the necklace and really not unexpected due to the weight of the beads.The metal at the clasp has some very small dark spots which might polish out, but as it does not detract from the piece I will leave it as it is unless the buyer requests otherwise. This covers all of the info as to condition and all that is left are the measurements which are as follows: 16" total length from the top shortest strand. This includes the extender. The largest pearl beads are 12mm with the gold washed beads a bit larger at 13 mm. The others vary in size from there. This could easily be a Miriam Haskell piece as it has identical baroque pearls and similar design. So it's really wonderful this one is signed signed DeMario on the clasp. Gorgeous!
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