KJL Classic Deco Necklace: Black, Coral & Rhinestone Pavé

Jewelry : Collectible : Costume : Vintage : Kjl : Kenneth Jay Lane

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If, like Kenneth Jay Lane, you believe Art Deco is all of the above, here's the necklace for you!

From KJL's "Deco period", the 1970s, our necklace is classic Deco-style featuring a large geometric pendant with color blocks of black, coral and pavé rhinestones or diamanté. The pendant hangs from a longish black bead strand that can also be looped closer around the neck as a choker.

In his memoirs, "Faking It", KJL says Art Deco has always been one of his favorite periods in jewelry design. " I couldn't stop creating Art Deco pieces even though there was no market for the look," he says.

His pieces used a limited palette of green jade, black onyx, coral and turquoise, plus rhinestone and plastic accents. "Eventually, my Art Deco jewelry was being worn by fashionable women".

Our necklace has the black, coral and diamanté colors, with the geometric-shaped pendant as its focal point.

The pendant is triangle-shaped, but with a rounded base. It has a coral lucite triangle at the top and three levels of checkerboard black enamel and pavé rhinestones below it. Silvertone (rhodium) plated. Measures 2 3/4" x 2".

It hangs permanently from a black bead necklace 28" long. Mostly round lucite, except for six short strips consisting of rhinestone rondelles and fat faceted glass discs.

Necklace is signed Kenneth © Lane over three lines and within an oval plaque; this is one of KJL's known logos from the '70s.

At the base of the pendant is a loop where once probably hung a tassel or a large crystal bead. Hard to tell what was there once, as I could not find anything similar to this necklace in the books. This was originally owned by a true blue KJL collector, who started patronizing him way back when he was just starting out in jewelry design, the '60s.

What's missing is not missed, however, as this piece is in excellent condition. Everything's intact and glitzy. Well-cared for.

Item ID: 0508-KJL11