Girard Michel Strap Bracelet
Regular price
$8,500
Dating from the 1960s, this textured French strap bracelet by Girard Michel is designed as a woven herringbone strap edged by braided wiretwist. Soft and flexible, conveying the feeling of textile strap made of gold, this bracelet is witty reference to both to tweed and the long tradition of French dominance in the field of luxury goods - in excellence and in creative disruption alike.
Item #: BA-21962
Artist: Girard Michel
Country: France
Circa: 1960s
Dimensions: 7.50" length, 0.75" width.
Materials: 18K Gold
Gram Weight: 32.6 g.
Signed: Girard Michel's maker's mark, French assay mark
Item #: BA-21962
Artist: Girard Michel
Country: France
Circa: 1960s
Dimensions: 7.50" length, 0.75" width.
Materials: 18K Gold
Gram Weight: 32.6 g.
Signed: Girard Michel's maker's mark, French assay mark
Coco Chanel revolutionized the use of tweed, introducing the typically male-associated fabric boldly into her innovative couture in the 1920s. Once used only in the manufacture of boxy suits for country gentlemen, Chanel's chic and revolutionary ensembles made of this distinctive Scottish fabric shook the dominance of Parisian titans of couture like Paul Poiret. Tweed is still associated with Chanel's most luxurious and sophisticated designs, featuring recently, for example, in a line of the firm's contemporary high jewelry.
Coco Chanel revolutionized the use of tweed, introducing the typically male-associated fabric boldly into her innovative couture in the 1920s. Once used only in the manufacture of boxy suits for country gentlemen, Chanel's chic and revolutionary ensembles made of this distinctive Scottish fabric shook the dominance of Parisian titans of couture like Paul Poiret. Tweed is still associated with Chanel's most luxurious and sophisticated designs, featuring recently, for example, in a line of the firm's contemporary high jewelry.
