Vintage De Liguoro Choker Necklace with Cross
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Vintage De Liguoro Choker Necklace with Cross
Description
- Vintage
- De Liguoro
- Italian
- 1980s
- Length around 27 - 40 cm
- Cross length 8 cm
- Signed
A Neapolitan family with long-standing aristocratic ties, who emigrated in the 1930s to the capital of the Lombardy region, brought Gianni De Liguoro into the world in Milan in 1938.
After his initial training in haute couture, a field in which his family had been active for centuries, he continued his studies at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts.
In 1971 Gianni, already very active in the arts, collaborated with painter and illustrator Mario Moletti on the design of four "talisman" necklaces made of white and copper metal. These were produced in a limited edition for an advertising campaign promoting Fior di Vite grappa by the Ramazzotti brand.
Also in the 1970s, De Liguoro founded the showroom Voi da Noi in Milan, where customers, wholesalers and retailers could buy jewellery themselves by selecting items from baskets.
At the time this was a completely original concept and became an immediate great success. Gianni gained wide recognition in major fashion magazines of the 1970s.
Provenance & authenticity
Every piece is checked for maker’s marks, construction and materials before we list it. Anything we cannot attribute with certainty we sell as unsigned — never as designer.
Shipping & returns
Free worldwide shipping on orders over € 100. Shipped with PostNL, insured and with track & trace.
30 days to change your mind. If you send a piece back, please use the original packaging.
Caring for vintage jewelry
Vintage jewelry lasts longest when kept dry and stored separately. Put it on last and take it off first: perfume, hairspray and skin cream all attack the plating.
Polish only with a soft, dry cloth. No water, no soap and no silver polish — that strips the layer off.
Try it on in Amsterdam
You are very welcome. Find us at our store on Herenstraat 9, Thursday to Sunday from 1 to 6 pm, and at our pop-up on the fourth floor of De Bijenkorf. Send us a message to say where and when you are coming and we will set the piece aside — we have only one of everything.