Brooch
Brand
Chanel
(French, founded 1914)
Designer
Robert Goossens
(born 1927)
c. 1968
Gilt metal, pâte de verre glass, and rhinestones
Gift of Mrs. Mary Jane Beirn
Object number79.197.6
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.
DescriptionLarge oval brass brooch with rhinestones and green and red glass cabochons; wreath like frame of brass spirals set with rhinestones, surrounding caubochon cross; pin back with hook for use as pendant.Collections
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