Trifari Trifanium Gold Electroplated Cross-Hatch Series Hatched Scroll Oval Link French Rope Chain Choker Necklace




Trifari Trifanium Gold Electroplated Cross-Hatch Series Hatched Scroll Oval Link French Rope Chain Choker Necklace
Materials and Features:
Trifari Layered Rope Architecture: Engineered with an open, interlocking multi-link layout where flat-back elongated loops mimic the dense, heavy profile of a luxury French rope chain. This three-dimensional design optimizes surface area to capture high-angle light play while maintaining a lightweight drape.
Hatched Scroll Profile Geometry: Features custom-stamped oval rings arranged in a precise repeating sequence, alternating between an intricately detailed hatched scroll texture and a mirror-polished smooth curvature to create sharp, alternating reflective contrasts.
Trifanium Electroplated Luster: Finished with a heavy, premium gold electroplating bath that resists tarnishing, peeling, or green verdigris. This specialized studio treatment preserves the deep, warm metallic brilliance across all textured facets, ensuring the piece stays in like-new preservation over decades.
Hollow-Core Metallic Density: Boasting an exceptionally light thirty-nine-and-six-tenths-gram mass profile despite a chunky multi-link layout, this non-magnetic hollow-form construction allows a bold runway appearance without fabric drag or garment sagging.
Type: Flat-backed smooth utility fold-over clasp attached via raw open jump ring end-connections.
Age/Origin: Circa 1960’s / United States (Providence Atelier).
Marks: Unsigned (Attributed to the 1960's Crown Trifari Modernist Cross-Hatch Series; distributed unmarked on cardboard dealer hanger cards as a high-volume department store contract line).
Other: This spectacular piece is a beautifully preserved, un-stamped archival survivor from Trifari's iconic mid-century textured chain collections. While their premier signed lines carried cast-in hard marks, their extensive department store hanger card distributions left the physical metal blank, relying entirely on the paper branding tags. The presence of the specialized dual-texture geometry, the signature hollow-core link chain engineering, and the immaculate tarnish-free Trifanium gold finish serves as an unalterable manufacturing fingerprint that matches true high-end American costume history.
Measurements:
Weight: 39.6g
Dimensions: Approx. 17” in total end-to-end wearable length; individual interlocking oval links measure 1” long x 0.625” wide.
Chain Profile Width: The completed nested link cluster forms a substantial 15mm (approx. 0.625") total wearable width across the entire chain body.
Link Thickness: Individual flattened open loop metal walls measure a uniform 2mm depth.
Condition:
Like new condition. The necklace retains pristine structural integrity and plating luster across all interlocking sections, completely free of rubbing wear, base metal exposure, or links warping out of shape. The Trifanium gold electroplate remains mirror-bright with zero clouding or verdigris buildup. The flat fold-over utility clasp operates perfectly with excellent spring tension and secure mechanical alignment.
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY & ARCHIVAL RECORD IN PDF FORMAT IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST