VTG Antique LOUIS ROUSSELET Hand Made Green Swirl ART GLASS NECKLACE

Description: CLASSIC ROUSSELET! VTG Antique LOUIS ROUSSELET Hand Blown Green & Black Swirl GLASS Beads Featuring Solid Brass Hardware Accents NECKLACE. Strung on fine brass chain. Marked on Bee-Hive Barrel Clasp - “MADE IN FRANCE” Circa 1920 Measures: 18”. Beads- 9 - 15mm In EXCELLENT condition. GOOD LUCK! About the Designer The renown jewelry maker was born in Paris in 1892. At the age of only eight, Louis Rousselet already apprenticed with M. Rousseau, mastering his technique of lamp-work beads. Thirty years later, in 1922, Louis opened up a workshop in Menilmontant -- a neighbourhood of Paris -- and started hand-making glass and galalith beads, sometimes using unusual ceramics in his work. Louis quickly became recognized for his glass beads, often given baroque shapes to accentuate their individuality, and imitation pearls. He made the pearls out of glass by coating the glass with essence d’Orient, or namely, a fish scale compound. Consequently, his firm became a major source of handmade beads for the world. Louis Rousselet became known as one of the most outstanding beadmakers of the twentieth century. Louis Rousselet workshop employed nearly 800 workers over the years, and each worker reportedly trained for six to seven years. His brand produced beads and jewelry designs that have adorned singers, models, and actresses for the past 100 years. Louis designed jewelry for Music Hall stars Josephine Baker. Louis Rousselet’s glass beads, similar to the technique used in Venice, worked directly over a fire on a brass rod. When the form of the bead began to take shape, it was dissolved in acid, ridding it of holes. The shape could then be completed, and a single bead would be created. Remarkably, all Rousselet beads were hand-wound and hand-polished. A wide variety of colors and styles were employed, and these iridescent, foiled, or lamp-wound multi colored swirls were produced using the same tried and true techniques for fifty years. The craftsmanship of Parisian jewelry makers guarantees the perfect composition. The beads, rhinestones and pearls that were used in the jewelry of a goldtone and silvertone metal base, were prong set and wired together. Each Louis Rousselet jewelry piece you find is genuinely unique and can instantly beautify any outfit. No matter what your jewelry preferences are, Louis Rousselet has something for everyone.

Price: 309 USD

Location: Dallas, Texas

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