Sautoir

A sautoir is a long necklace designed to hang well below the neckline.

Sautoirs can be made from chains, pearls, beads or gemstones and often terminate in a pendant, tassel or other decorative drop. Some examples are designed to be worn at considerable length, while others can be doubled or wrapped around the neck.

Long sautoir necklaces became particularly fashionable during the 1920s and 1930s and are strongly associated with Art Deco jewellery. Their elongated form suited the fashionable silhouettes of the period and allowed jewellers to create striking combinations of gemstones, pearls and decorative pendants.

Sautoirs can also be found in earlier and later jewellery, but the style is especially characteristic of the glamorous long necklaces of the Art Deco era.

Period: Particularly Art Deco
Typical materials: Gold, platinum, pearls, gemstones and decorative beads
Characteristic feature: Long necklace with a pendant, tassel or decorative drop

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