1960s Dangle Earrings

Amazing 1960s/70s Globe earrings!

A fun pair of Trifari clip earrings dating to the 1960s/70s. Pale gold tone metal globes (formed of joined discs giving a pierced effect to the globes) dangle on a fine chain from a clip featuring three joined discs.

They are in excellent condition and very unusual in design.

The clips are signed Trifari.

Measurements:

Width: Globes 2cm

Length: top of clip to bottom of globe 7cm

Width: Clip 1.5cm

Fashion History Snapshot

The Trifari Company was founded by Gustavo Trifari, an Italian immigrant who arrived at Ellis Island from Napoli in 1904 at the age of 20. In 1910 he founded “Trifari and Trifari” with his uncle. Gustavo’s uncle left the company a few years later, and Gustavo continued the company under the name of “Trifari.” It’s no wonder that Italian collectors love to buy Trifari Vintage Jewelry, as Gustavo is one of their own.

The designers at Trifari were trained and worked for the high end and elite fine jewellery firms of the mid 20th Century.

The lead designer at Trifari from 1930 to 1968 was Alfred Philippe. During this period of design, style, and market dominance for Trifari, Philippe introduced high level craftsmanship and invisible settings to the costume jewelry line. Alfred Philippe taught his fellow Trifari designers the same fine jewelry-making techniques that he learned at the elite and prestigious jewelry firms of Cartier and Van Cleef and Arpels.

In 2000, the company was sold to Liz Claiborne and production was moved overseas. Since then, lesser quality jewelry has been mass produced.