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 necklace featuring one ring on a sterling silver 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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