Live Auction 16184Interiors: New York Visions
TWO SIMULATED GEM, RHINESTONE AND GILT METAL NECKLACES
Lot 176

TWO SIMULATED GEM, RHINESTONE AND GILT METAL NECKLACES

BY KENNETH JAY LANE, CIRCA 1980

Closed6 June 2018

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TWO SIMULATED GEM, RHINESTONE AND GILT METAL NECKLACES
BY KENNETH JAY LANE, CIRCA 1980
The first a series of graduating foliate links, suspending a larger similarly set foliate pendant, signed Kenneth Lane; the second a series of oval faceted black glass cabochons surrounded by rhinestone petals, suspending a larger flower pendant, signed KJL
12 in. (30.5 cm.) long
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) long

Specialist note

Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis commissioned the first costume necklace from Kenneth Jay Lane, after a necklace Aristotle Onassis had given her. With her blessing, Kenneth put the 'Jackie' necklace into his collection and had various renditions made with simulated stone, faux coral and simulated turquoise. The necklace went on to be worn by Linda Evans of famed television soap opera Dynasty (1981-1989).


See Kenneth Jay Lane and Harrice Simons Miller, Kenneth Jay Lane, Faking It, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1992, p. 136 and 140 for similar examples.