1949 Crown Trifari “Schéhérazade” Moghul Necklace
United States
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A documented piece, offered by conversation.
- Maker
- Crown Trifari
- Origin
- United States
- Era
- Alfred Philippe · 1949 · Brunialti-cited
- Condition
- Pre-owned - Excellent
- Provenance
- The Brunialtis call it “the most extraordinary item in the series.” From Trifari’s 1949 Moghul India line, ruby-red glass cabochons drawn from the jewels of the maharajahs and rendered by Philippe at the height of his powers. Among the most coveted Trifari in the world.
On this piece
Brunialti, the definitive authority on American costume jewelry, calls this “the most extraordinary item in the series” — and the series is Crown Trifari’s fabled 1949 Schéhérazade, the house’s Mughal-India masterwork under Alfred Philippe. This is its crown: a necklace filled with gloriously fluted glass cabochons in ruby red and sapphire blue, the colors of a maharaja’s treasury, scattered throughout with crystal rhinestones on warm gold plate. Among the most rare Trifari in the world, it was made to be the centerpiece of the most discerning collection, and it wears like one — the whole of the 1001 Nights conjured at the throat. The cabochons are molded and fluted to glow rather than merely sparkle, exactly as fine cabochon gems do. Signed Crown Trifari. For the collector who wants the single defining piece of Trifari’s greatest romance with color, there is no other answer. This is it.