Designed as six oval flexible 'Tissu Milanais' sections, each embellished with a raised polished foliate motif evoking the stylised designs of the Renaissance period, to a textured matt background, 1960s, French export maker's mark for Georges Lenfant and gold, Austrian import mark for 18ct gold. Length: 18cm. Weight: 126 grams.

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There are few better examples of the possibilities gold chain-work than the production which issued from the Georges Lenfant workshop and no better model to explain why his son Jacques Lenfant's legacy is worthy of the rare recognition it enjoys than the series of 'Optical' jewels made in the 1960s...

Each link here is essentially composed of chain work that is then hammered flat - the process of retaining flexibility from these compressed links is part of the magic that only Jacques Lenfant's tireless drive for the innovation of traditional techniques (often lost ones he revived) knew how to achieve...to have then combined this with matt and polished areas in relief is all a bit wonderful really...this particular design is called 'Renaissance' (for rather obvious reasons) and is unusual in the series as (as the name suggests) the other patterns tended to be more in keeping with the repetition of geometric patterns that one associates with mesmerising 1960s optical designs.