Description: Item/Description: Outstanding designer, Gerda Lynggard Monies of Copenhagen graduated amber bead choker necklace. Modernist. Studio artisan jewelry. Polished honey hued translucent amber beads. Ovoid shaped. Beautiful natural inclusions. Hand-knotted and thread onto black cotton blend twine. Double open style silver plated lobster clasp. Hallmarked: Gerda Lynggard Monies Copenhagen.

Gerda Lynggaard is a Danish jewelry designer and co-founder of the Monies jewelry company which she cofounded with her husband Nikolai Monies in 1973. She is known for her large-scale, dramatic designs that incorporate natural materials like bone, wood, horn, and shells.

Material: Amber (tested), silver plated metal, cotton blend twine

Dimensions: Length: 19 1/4"; Width: 1 1/2"; approximately 170 grams

Condition: Very Good. Free of chips, cracks, repair. Knotting tight. Clasps in good working order. Signs of age, use and surface wear including scratches to beads, tarnish to clasps

Age: 1980s-1990s

Provenance: Private Estate

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