Materials and Features:

• Inlaid Checkerboard Monochrome Base: High-density historical French cellulose acetate (Rhodoid) sheet stock. The base material features an intense, high-gloss visual sheet sheen with clean light permeability under backlighting that produces a distinct, musical marble-clank resonance when tapped together.

• Manual Studio Stencil Application: Executed via an authentic hand-pulled studio print technique using an opaque, midnight black lacquer ink chemically bonded directly to the white Rhodoid plate. The sharp, high-contrast monochrome pattern reveals the subtle micro-edges and precise grid borders characteristic of fine vintage artisan production.

• Asymmetric Tapered Rectangle Architecture: Expertly hand-beveled from a solid 4.0mm central axis down to alternating 3.5mm and 3.0mm outer corner quadrants. This intentional geometric wedge configuration maximizes visual three-dimensional depth while reducing drag weight on the earlobe so the oversized drop sits flush and balances perfectly.

• Postmodern "Op-Art" Grid Profile: A striking graphic statement that effortlessly bridges the structural minimalism of the Bauhaus Constructivist movement with the bold, playful scale and avant-garde energy of the 1980’s Parisian Memphis Group fashion era.

Type: Top-drilled rectangle drop dangle silhouette earrings configured for pierced ears with secure metallic jump ring suspensions and ferrous fishhook wires.

Age/Origin: Circa 1980’s – 1990’s / Paris, France (Boutique Export Tier)

Marks: Unsigned Factory Original (Attributed to François Schoenlaub for Guillemette L'Hoir Paris based on signature geometric wedge-leveling, exact 1.378 g/cm³ Rhodoid density, and unmounted flat-reverse archival workshop standards for independent international galleries).

Other: These earrings represent a stellar example of late twentieth-century French bench engineering from the historic Parisian design house. The pairs feature a flat back-facing profile with a meticulously polished, smooth reverse face. The components have successfully passed comprehensive structural screening, showing a completely negative chemical reaction to Simichrome testing and producing zero phenolic or camphor odors under localized thermal testing, confirming an immaculate, non-degraded high-pressure cellulose acetate structure.

Measurements:

• Weight: 9.0g (Combined pair mass)

• Dimensions: Height: 2.75" (Total drop length) | Width: 0.75" | Length: 1.875"

• Thickness: 4.0mm center axis tapering down to alternating 3.5mm and 3.0mm corners

Condition: Excellent vintage condition. The semi-translucent white Rhodoid and hand-stenciled black monochrome checkerboard grid remain incredibly vibrant, clear, and entirely free of internal material clouding or UV-induced fading. The high-gloss exterior surface is structurally immaculate, retaining a uniform, mirror-bright buffed sheen across all faces. The top-drilled apertures and metallic jump rings are firmly seated and completely secure with zero loose alignment or material fracturing. The magnetic ferrous fishhook ear wires are fully intact, clean, and completely straight, showing no wear at all and remaining in immaculate condition.