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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3409723, member: 2844"]Strictly speaking it is for the glass only, poured glass made by Gripoix. Called after a Madame Gripoix who started out in the 19th century making replicas of the expensive jewels of the French aristocracy. She developed a special technique of pouring molten glass into the setting, so it had a perfect fit and looked expensively made.</p><p>The House of Gripoix later made costume jewellery for Chanel and a few other high end fashion houses. Coco Chanel would buy authentic Byzantine and Mughal jewellery and ask Gripoix to make something similar using their poured glass technique.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> Hence the beautiful and perfectly executed designs.</p><p><br /></p><p>So do I.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3409723, member: 2844"]Strictly speaking it is for the glass only, poured glass made by Gripoix. Called after a Madame Gripoix who started out in the 19th century making replicas of the expensive jewels of the French aristocracy. She developed a special technique of pouring molten glass into the setting, so it had a perfect fit and looked expensively made. The House of Gripoix later made costume jewellery for Chanel and a few other high end fashion houses. Coco Chanel would buy authentic Byzantine and Mughal jewellery and ask Gripoix to make something similar using their poured glass technique.;) Hence the beautiful and perfectly executed designs. So do I.:happy:[/QUOTE]
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