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SAUTOIR
A sautoir (also known as a rope) is a long necklace (longer than opera-length), often with an ornament (a tassel or pendant) at the end. Sautoirs were common during the Edwardian era.
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Sautoir: (Soh-TWAH) A long rope style necklace popularized in the Edwardian era because Queen Alexandra often wore them. They were usually decorated with seed pearls and had a tassel as a pendant.

Sautoir A long necklace, usually made of pearls or beads and often ending in a tassel. Popularized in the 1920's ...

sautoir
A necklace longer than thirty inches that usually has a pendant or other ornament at its end, and was popular during the Belle Epoque period
scatter pin
A group of small pins or brooches that are usually worn together ...

Sautoir
An extremely long neck chain, which falls below the waistline and terminates with a tassel or pendant. Popular in the early 20th century ...

Sautoir
(Soh-TWAH) a long rope style necklace, often with a tassel or pendant at the end, these were popularized in the Edwardian era because Edward's Queen Alexandra often wore them.
Seed Pearl ...

Sautoir: A very long necklace, usually gold or silver links, sometimes with a tassel pendant or gem-set slide to shorten or double the length. Popular in the late 19th century, often a yard long.
Shank: Hoop portion of a ring.

Sautoir - this is a term for a long necklace of beads, pearls or chains, often ending in tassels. It was very popular in the 1920s.

Sautoir
Popularized in the Edwardian era, a sautoir is a very long necklace that showcases either a tassle or pendant at the bottom. Traditional sautoirs were rope or were metal fashioned to look like rope.
Scallop ...

Rope or sautoir - Any necklace longer than opera length. Ropes are often worn knotted or with a shortener for added versatility of style.
Dog collar - A multiple strand pearl necklace that fits closely around the neck.

SAUTOIR A long necklace, usually about 40" with a pendant or ornament at the bottom.
SCATTER PINS A grouping of several small pins worn together ...

Sautoir soh-TWAH) - Long, rope style necklace popularized in the Edwardian era.
Scarab - Sacred beetle in Ancient Egypt; fine, gold, original scarab pendant.

The sautoir (or long necklace) was usually made of pearls and ended in a tassel. An excellent example of a sautoir is pictured on the right. This was one of the most fashionable of the Edwardian Jewels and a personal favorite of Queen Alexandra.

Sautoir (French): A long necklace generally extending below a woman's waist. The sautoir design often featured a suspended tassel. The style of necklace was popular in the 1800s. Scarab: A representation of an Egyptian dung beetle.

The plunging necklines of the day called for long pendants, and sautoirs with tassels. Short hair made decorative combs obsolete, but exposed the ears to assertive earrings like long dangles.

Instead sautoirs, long gold chains joined by a medallion, were in vogue. Also popular were very long earrings know as fishwives.

Cartier created some of the most famous emerald jewelry, mostly in the Art Deco style, for the Indian Royalty during the 1920's. This Sautoir (1925) has fifty carved emerald beads weighing an estimated 517 carats, ...

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Sautoir (n) A long strand of beads or pearls that are terminated in a pendant or tassel.
Sévigné (n) A 17th century diamond bow-brooch set that is worn on a bodice.
Sûreté (n) Also known as a cliquet or jabot pin.

type necklace that is a continuous line of gemstones usually of graduated or equal size stones Rolled Gold Early 19th century type of goldplating Rondelle A pierced piece of metal or gemstone strung between the beads in a necklace Sautoir ...

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