Antigona Paris vintage costume jewelry
Gold branch statement brooch. Lucite, goldtone metal. 10 cm. 1980s. Antigona Paris vintage costume jewelry
Antigona Paris vintage costume jewelry
Incorporated in 1978, French jewelry brand Antigona Paris produced stylish statement jewelry for about two decades, till 1990s. Their runway couture pieces were highly popular in the 1980-90s. Prestigious department stores and boutiques in France and Europe sold AP jewelry. Among them, in particular, were Selfridges in London and jewelry boutiques in Trump Tower NYC. According to the New York Magazine (2 Dec 1991), “one of the boutiques in Trump Tower NYC sold Antigona Paris decorations and “unusual jeweled buttons”.
Traditionally, the designers created abstract or modernist design jewelry. They used textured matte gold or silver tone metal, lucite and enamel. Noteworthy, each decoration has marking “Antigona Made in France”, or “Antigona Paris”. Currently rare, the products of this French brand are desired for collectors and connoisseurs of vintage costume jewelry.
A pair of dangle earrings. Pearl, gold tone. 1980s
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Antigona Paris vintage costume jewelry
Abstract design earrings of gold tone
Blue flower enameled earrings
Flower pendant. Purple, violet and green lucite, gold tone metal
Golden Firewood Brushwood Gold Tone Clips
Grass motif statement necklace of gold tone
Green glass gold tone dangle earrings
Hat with flowers brooch of gold tone, enamel, rhinestones
Knot ribbon Bangle Bracelet of gold tone
Large seashell pendant of pink color, silver glittery hue
Modernist design earrings of gold tone
Multicolor cabochons matte gold brooch. 1990s. 8 cm
Orange flower lucite gold tone brooch
Pink Green Glass four-petal flower Earrings
Pink hat brooch. Pink and white enamel, gold tone
Purple glass gold tone clip on earrings. 1980s
Rose round brooch. Limited Edition gold tone poured glass
Seashell clip on earrings of gold tone
Leaf branch brooch. Matte gold tone, 1990s. 9,5 cm
Three-leaf earrings of gold tone
Wing leaf design gold and silver tone earrings
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