Medium: Gilt metal, pâte de verre glass in green and rose and rhinestones

Date: c. 1968

Country: France

Credit: Gift of Mrs. Mary Jane Beirn

Gabrielle Chanel helped to elevate the reputation of costume jewelry by incorporating it into her fashion collections. In her personal life, Chanel mixed real and faux jewelry in ways that deliberately obscured the differences between the two.

Object Number: 79.197.6