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Vintage Gripoix glass jewellery

Stunning floral brooch. Vintage Gripoix glass jewellery

Maison Gripoix glass jewellery
Founded in 1869, Gripoix jewellery house is one of the oldest, if not the oldest manufacturers of costume jewelry in the world.
Parisian glass worker Augustine Gripoix was the first who began to master the sophisticated technique of creating jewellery of glass, metal and artificial pearls. She revived pâte de verre – the art of melting glass.
Meanwhile, Gripoix jewellery house created extraordinary pieces for princesses and aristocrats requesting replicas of their precious jewels.
Also, fashion designers’ – Charles Worth, Paul Poiret, Jeanne Lanvin, Givenchy, Yves Saint-Laurent, Chanel and many others. Made in gold or brass, polished to a golden shine jewellery enjoyed great success in the times of the Belle Epoque. Noteworthy, Sarah Bernhardt herself wore Gripoix costume jewellery on stage. The company also created beautiful necklaces, crowns, brooches specially for the film “La belle et la bête” (‘Beauty and the Beast’) in 1946.

A woman should mix fake and real. Coco Chanel

A woman should mix fake and real. Coco Chanel

In 1920, after meeting with Augustine’s daughter Suzanne Gripoix, who at the time ran the jewellery house, Chanel asked her to make a collection specially for her home. And she remained a loyal customer for decades. Chanel, as we remember, had a weakness for jewelry in the Byzantine style, crosses with inserted in them stones – cabochons. Great Mademoiselle loved to wear high jewelry along with fake jewelry. For her, Suzanne Gripoix developed a special kind of irregular glass pearl to which she gave a mother-of-pearl sheen.

Vintage Gripoix glass jewellery

Gripoix glass jewellery

Beautiful brooch

Later, Augustine’s granddaughter Josette Gripoix, (Suzanne’s daughter) headed The Gripoix jewellery house. After an unsuccessful partnership between Thierry Caluwaerts (Josette Gripoix’s son) and the jewelry licensing brand TWC, Gripoix was ceded to TWC by the French Trade Tribunal in 2006. The Gripoix jewellery house director became Marie Keslassy in 2007. Marie Keslassy, had previously run a vintage store for which she had collected Gripoix jewelry.

Augustine Paris Maker's mark

Augustine Paris Maker’s mark

The company is now taking a new marketing direction, aiming to build its name as a strong publicly recognized brand in its own right — something it last tried, unsuccessfully, to do in the 1970s. Now based on Rue Vertbois, not far from the original atelier, Gripoix’s small team of artisans produces every piece following the same painstaking technique.

Vintage Gripoix glass jewellery

Chanel Gripoix

Vine leaves necklace. Chanel Gripoix

Gripoix glass jewellery

Green flower Chanel Gripoix vintage brooch

Gripoix glass jewellery

Ruby Chanel Gripoix necklace

Gripoix glass jewellery

Exquisite bracelet

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Bracelet

Delicate blue Gripoix brooch

Delicate blue brooch

Gripoix four generation jewelry

Stud earrings

Gripoix four generation jewelry

Gold tone bracelet decorated with colorful glass beads of various shape

Gripoix four generation jewelry

Violet pate de Verre brooch

Gripoix glass jewellery

Long earrings

Gripoix glass jewellery

Created for Chanel

Gripoix glass jewellery

Beads, chains Gripoix necklace

Histrour de Verre brooch. Gilded copper, Pate de Verre tecnhique - blue petals and green leaves, transparent rock crystal. 1990's, diameter 8.25 cm £ 180-220 CRIS

Histrour de Verre brooch. Gilded copper, Pate de Verre tecnhique – blue petals and green leaves, transparent rock crystal. 1990’s, diameter 8.25 cm £ 180-220 CRIS

Gripoix glass jewellery

Traditional Gripoix vintage brooch Flower

Gripoix glass jewellery

Volume brooch Flower

Gripoix glass jewellery

Featured in La belle et la bête 1946 film

Gripoix glass jewellery

La belle et la bête 1946

Gripoix glass jewellery

1946 film La belle et la bête

Gripoix glass jewellery

Created for La belle et la bête 1946б Gripoix

Gripoix glass jewellery

Collection of jewellery – necklaces, crowns, brooches specially created for the film ‘Beauty and the Beast’ by Gripoix in 1947

Gripoix glass jewellery

Jewellery decorations created for the film ‘Beauty and the Beast’ by Gripoix in 1947

Gripoix glass jewellery

Scene from ‘Beauty and the Beast’. 1947

Gripoix glass jewellery

Crowns, brooches and necklaces created for the film

Necklace and earrings, Histrour de Verre - petals and the flower center in the pate-deverre technique, transparent rock crystal and gilded copper (frames). The 1990s. Circumference 51 cm, width 5.75 cm £ 800-950 CRIS

De Verre – petals and the flower center in the pate-deverre technique, transparent rock crystal and gilded copper (frames). The 1990s. Circumference 51 cm, width 5.75 cm £ 800-950 CRIS

Black Necklace - flowers and leaves of amethyst, black and emerald color in the technique of pate de Verre, a frame made of gilded metal. 1990's, 51.25 cm. £ 600-700

Black Necklace – flowers and leaves of amethyst, black and emerald color in the technique of pate de Verre, a frame made of gilded metal. 1990’s, 51.25 cm. £ 600-700

Charming brooches

Charming brooches

Decoration, Mason Gripua - an ancient gilded metal, a pate de Verre, an artificial pearl. 1950s, 16 cm £ 600-650 CRIS

Decoration, Mason Gripoix – an ancient gilded metal, a pate de Verre, an artificial pearl. 1950s, 16 cm £ 600-650 CRIS

Fabulous pate de Verre necklace. 1980's. Circumference 45 cm. £ 450-500

Fabulous pate de Verre necklace. 1980’s. Circumference 45 cm. £ 450-500

Floral Necklace and brooch, Mason Gripua. Pate de Verre, topaz, transparent rock crystal. 2001 Large flower, width 7 cm

Floral Necklace and brooch, Mason Gripoix. Pate de Verre, topaz, transparent rock crystal. 2001 Large flower, width 7 cm

Line of Vintage Histoire De Verre necklaces. £ 180-220

Line of Vintage Histoire De Verre necklaces. £ 180-220

Purple leaf earrings

Purple leaf earrings

Maison Gripoix glass jewellery

Byzantine Pendant-brooch – turquoise, red, green, imitating turquoise, ruby and emerald