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| Link Necklace Cartier, London, 1954-55 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
For a period after the Second World War, gemstones were prohibitively expensive and difficult to find through honest trade. As a consequence, gold jewelry became fashionable and was in great demand throughout European and American high society.
While such gold pieces appeared to be quite thick and heavy, they were often hollow, augmented by wire internally. However, the often showcased elaborate and playful designs like this exceptional necklace made by London Cartier between 1954 and 1955.
The necklace of gold is designed in flexible links in fashionable brickwork pattern.
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