duette
A combination piece with two dress clips attached to a brooch frame so they may be worn as a brooch or separately as clips. The name originated from Coro Duette pieces but has come to be used generically.
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Duette A pin and plate mechanism that hold 2 brooches. Each brooch can be worn separately or they can be put on to the mechanism and worn as one larger brooch. Usually the brooches match each other.
Duette: A combination of two clips on a pin back. Duette was a registered design by Coro, but is now used generically for this design
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Duette - a combination pin on one pin back, made famous by Coro, and registered by them, but now commonly used by others.
Coro Duettes
Coro duettes are patented sets of jewelry made by the Coro company. Each "duette" has two clips which attach to a pin base; they can be worn as a single pin or as two clips.
Duette
A combination of two clips on a pin back, that can be worn as one larger pin or as two smaller pins. Duette was originally a design registered by the Coro company, but is now used as a generic term for this particular type of jewellery ...
Duette From Coro
Art Moderne: A style that evolved from Art Deco. While Deco was delicate Moderne was blocky. Also known as Modernism.
DUETTES
Duettes are sets of jewelry made by the Coro, Trifari, and other companies. Each "duette" has two clips which attach to a pin base; they can be worn as a single pin or as two clips.
The 'Duette' pin back mechanism for double clip brooches patented by U.S. costume jewelry manufacturer Coro
William Spratling opens the first silver workshop in Taxco, Mexico
Robert M. Shipley founds the GIA
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in 1933 and named the "Coro Duette." The Duette had the ability to be worn in a variety of ways, making it an economical purchase for a fashionable woman of the 1930s.
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