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1940'S Signed Trifari Pin
Solid, well-made, and in perfect condition, this signed Trifari is as lovely today as it was 60 years ago. It is 2” in length. Trifari is very collectible. There is a lot of life to this pin, as the simulated, well-set pearls are raised on the crescent wave design. Most likely an Alfred Philippe design.

• Era: 1940's

• Condition: Excellent

• Length:  N/A

 
$50.00
 
The Trifari jewelry history was unique in that it was a out side designer by the name of Alfred Philippe that lead it to greatness. Trifari was first known as "Trifari and Trifari", founded by Gustavo Trifari and his uncle in 1910. When Gustavo's uncle left a couple of years later the company was known as just Trifari. Leo Krussman joined Trifari in 1917 and in 1925, Carl Fishel joined the company as head of sales. They renamed the company Trifari, Krussman and Fishel and their hallmark became KTF. The T in the stamp was in the center as was a custom at the time for the senior or more important name. The company remained stagnant for lack of good designers and the crash of the stock market in 1929.

In early 1930 Afred Philippe came on board as head designer for Trifari. A premier designer who worked in fine jewelry for such firms as Cartier and Van Cleef & Arples, who during the depression no longer had the freedom to create the designs that so inspired him because of the economical times. Philippe almost turned the company 180 degrees with in a few short years. His designs in the Art Deco period became very popular and his freedom to work with the less expensive materials in costume jewelry gave him the inspiration to create the large flower pins and the jewelry now known as fruit salad jewelry.

The designs created during this period were created to resemble the real fine jewelry. As time went on the designers became more flamboyant and created jewelry that was outrageous in design, but the bulk of their output still remained on producing jewelry that mimics fine jewelry.



 
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