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Verdura: The Image-Maker and His Women of Style

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COCO CHANEL'S ORIGINAL “MALTESE CROSS” CUFFS

VERDURA for Chanel, circa 1935

Verdura Museum Collection

Silver and ivory colored enamel hinged cuffs set with gold “Maltese Cross” elements, precious and semi-precious stones.

Fulco di Verdura poses with Coco Chanel while admiring the Maltese Cross cuffs he designed for her. Paris,1937. Copyright Boris Lipnitzki/Roger Viollet

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