Mauboussin Turquoise, Chalcedony and Diamond Necklace

This impactful Art Deco collar necklace from 1929 is an early Art Moderne jewel by Mauboussin, a French maison daringly led by Georges and his engineer son, Pierre-Yves. The turquoise cabochon buttons of definite sky-blue are set against the cloudy tones of the ridged milky chalcedony cylinders, spaced by contrasting arcs of diamonds and glossy black enamel rondelles. Clearly expressing Mauboussin¡¯s disciplined, Machine Age aesthetic, this colorful, high-contrast necklace is a work of wearable modernism.