Fancy Lavish HATTIE CARNEGIE Rhodium Plated Megawatts Brilliance Round Marquise Navette Cut Glittering Blinding Diamante Rhinestone Necklace
Fancy lavish hattie carnegie insanely beautiful massive rhodium plated megawatts brilliance round and marquise or navette cut glittering blinding diamante clear rhinestone necklace. Fit for a queen, princess, movie stars and you. Sensational dramatic sensual sexy and exotic. Here's a necklace that's all about drama megawatts brilliance very fancy hollywood glamour rare highly collectible collector's piece vintage luxury costume jewelry signed designer hattie carnegie haute couture high fashion insanely beautiful piece massive silver tone rhodium plated with faceted marquise or navette cut lots of sparkle blinding diamante clear rhinestones cleopatra collar necklace. This piece is signed hattie carnegie vintage circa 1950's/60's. The necklace features 11 rows loaded with at least a thousand sparkling round and marquise or navette cut/shaped prong set faceted clear crystal/rhinestones and setting on rhodium plated metal.
The clasp is cleverly and largely hidden, lavishly embellished with round cut chaton rhinestones. The clasp portion of the necklace is so beautifully designed, that it can be worn in front and gives the effect of a collar. Essentially, the necklace is reversible for wonderful versatility it is truly stunning piece sparkly and gorgeous. The wearable length of the necklace (measured along the inside edge) is approximately 16 inches.
The necklace is about a whopping 1-7/8 inches wide (almost 2 inches wide) all around the necklace weight is 157.2 grams. The condition of the necklace is in very good to excellent vintage condition, considering her age with no stones missing all stones are intact and all the stones are original and the clasp is in excellent working condition. There are only 2 or 3 stone are slightly darker in color due to age and they are hard to see with all the sparkle, and they do not effect the look of this stunning beauty. And the silver tone finish still looking bright and shine in the front and on the backside. This necklace is sparkle like crazy in the sunlight and also in low light.
This is a truly stunning rare piece of jewelry not often seen and hard to come by. Don't miss out on the opportunity to own something special collector's piece the quality you can trust by house of hc hattie carnegie. A definite conversation piece guaranteed to bring compliments.She was born in vienna, austria-hungary, as henrietta kanengeiser, changed her name to hattie carnegie in her 20's. Hattie began her career as a milliner, opening her first shop'carnegie-ladies hatter', in new york in 1909. Carnegie became a hugely successful fashion and jewelry designer; she launched her jewelry line in 1939. In 1942,'life magazine' made hattie designer of the year. The stars of the day such as tallulah bankhead, norma shearer, and joan crawford all adored her fashion and jewelry designs.
In 1952, hattie was awarded the congressional medal of freedom, for her wac (women's army corps) uniform design. Notably, kenneth jay lane designed for carnegie before leaving to launch his own brand in the 1960's. Please take a look at the pictures as part of the description.
Please note that our vintage pieces will have normal wear from age. Thank you so much for looking, good luck and happy shopping at lizystuff on etsy. Com enjoy cheers :- xoxo. This item is made of rhinestones glass, silver tone rhodium plated metal and designer signed hattie carnegie. The style is mediterranean and hollywood regency.