Vintage Gripoix glass jewellery

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
Gripoix
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

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