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A RETRO DIAMOND AND GOLD "PASSEMENTERIE" NECKLACE, BY RENE BOIVIN
Suspending a fringe of twenty-three collet-set diamond five-strand pampille tassels, each from a bezel-set circular-cut diamond, to the flexible woven gold band, joined by a circular-cut diamond clasp and tassel, mounted in 18k gold, circa 1945, 16¼ ins., with French assay marks and maker's mark, in a René Boivin brown suede fitted case
Signed René Boivin, Paris
Suspending a fringe of twenty-three collet-set diamond five-strand pampille tassels, each from a bezel-set circular-cut diamond, to the flexible woven gold band, joined by a circular-cut diamond clasp and tassel, mounted in 18k gold, circa 1945, 16¼ ins., with French assay marks and maker's mark, in a René Boivin brown suede fitted case
Signed René Boivin, Paris
Provenance
Princess Irene of Greece
Literature
Cailles, Francoise. René Boivin: Jeweller. London: Quartet Books, 1994, page 314