Pair of gilded metal earrings called "Milanos" composed of interlocking pendeloque motifs.
French work.
H_8,2 cm.
Total gross weight: 20.4 g.
This type of earrings is typical of the finery of the women of the coast from Dunkirk to Boulogne at the end of the 19th-early 20th century. The name Milanos comes from the fact that these pendants were originally made with many interlocking rings.
Bibliography:
- Claudette Joannis, Bijoux des régions de France, 1992, p. 139.
Monique Poulenc and Anne-Michèle Margerie, Les bijoux traditionnels français, Paris 1998, p. 173, fig. 431.
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