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<p>[QUOTE="reader, post: 822490, member: 255"] <ul> <li><br /> <br /> I kinda flipped when I saw this one guys. I don’t post a whole lot as you all have far greater knowledge on most of the questions that get posted here than I do.<br /> <br /> I actually know that it IS very early Laurel Burch and I’ll tell you why. I was a budding jewelry designer in the early 70s and Laurel and I both bought elements from a New York importer that she went into partnership with. I thought she and Shashi actually married at some point but regardless, they were a couple. Anyway, we were both buying antique cloisonné sliders from him (among other elements and beads)so the fact that the piece is exactly what we were both using, Shashi was really the only one importing them in NY, and he and Laurel were in a relationship pretty much nails it for me. I’m sure that piece is one of their early collaborations. <br /> <br /> I keep waiting to see if one of my pieces ever shows up somewhere. I stopped a woman on the street in the 90s in NY who was wearing one of my necklaces. We had a nice quick chat.<br /> <br /> I laugh, as I walked from the business by 1974 as I couldn’t stand sitting home alone all day and stringing by myself. Shashi kept telling me to get people to string for me but I wanted each piece to be unique-pretty stupid right? I got a large order from Bendels and by the time I finished the last piece I was crosseyed and quit. They called me back for a reorder and I told them I couldn’t and that was the end of my business.<br /> <br /> What an empire Laurel created. I remember being so shocked when she passed.</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="reader, post: 822490, member: 255"][LIST] [*] I kinda flipped when I saw this one guys. I don’t post a whole lot as you all have far greater knowledge on most of the questions that get posted here than I do. I actually know that it IS very early Laurel Burch and I’ll tell you why. I was a budding jewelry designer in the early 70s and Laurel and I both bought elements from a New York importer that she went into partnership with. I thought she and Shashi actually married at some point but regardless, they were a couple. Anyway, we were both buying antique cloisonné sliders from him (among other elements and beads)so the fact that the piece is exactly what we were both using, Shashi was really the only one importing them in NY, and he and Laurel were in a relationship pretty much nails it for me. I’m sure that piece is one of their early collaborations. I keep waiting to see if one of my pieces ever shows up somewhere. I stopped a woman on the street in the 90s in NY who was wearing one of my necklaces. We had a nice quick chat. I laugh, as I walked from the business by 1974 as I couldn’t stand sitting home alone all day and stringing by myself. Shashi kept telling me to get people to string for me but I wanted each piece to be unique-pretty stupid right? I got a large order from Bendels and by the time I finished the last piece I was crosseyed and quit. They called me back for a reorder and I told them I couldn’t and that was the end of my business. What an empire Laurel created. I remember being so shocked when she passed. [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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