Idole de Christofle is a line of sterling silver jewelry and accessories from acclaimed designer Andrée Putman, who has worked on everything from film sets and airplanes to New York’s Morgans hotel and Louis Vuitton steamer trunks, with a recurring motif of ebullient rings. It includes this sterling silver lariat necklace featuring five signature rings placed sporadically around the chain.
Christofle buys the patents for silver plating and gilding by electrolysis which gave birth to silver metal in France. He becomes a goldsmith.
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