Horse Tassel Grey with Snake Chain Necklace
$45
Horse Tassel Grey with Snake Chain Necklace
Hand Dyed Horse Hair in Grey
18K Gold-plated Brass Chain & Beads
Matte Antique Finish
31-1/2 inch Chain
3-1/2 inch Tassel
No horses were harmed in the making of these tassels.
Hand Dyed Horse Hair in Grey
18K Gold-plated Brass Chain & Beads
Matte Antique Finish
31-1/2 inch Chain
3-1/2 inch Tassel
No horses were harmed in the making of these tassels.
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The Story
This horse tassel necklace is for all those Elizabeth Taylors out there. You relate to the horse because you admire its beauty, strength, and determination. You, yourself, are a risk taker with impeccable style that may be influenced by Liz or Audrey or “Slim” (aka Bacall). This nod to the equine is all-out glam with a sexy gold snake chain that ends with a swish, either in black or in white.
Designer Janet Mavec’s father used to say, “There are more horses’ asses than horses.”
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How to Wear
Wear it with the season’s flowy tops, skirts, tunics and caftans.
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Curiosities
The official animal of New Jersey (the state where designer Janet Mavec makes Janet Mavec jewelry) is the horse.
New Jersey contained over 4,500 horse farms housing almost 40,000 horses.
You can visit the National Museum of the Morgan Horse in Middlebury, Vermont.
The top states for horses are Texas (395,818 equines on 64,114 farms), followed by Oklahoma, California, Kentucky, and Florida. However, the horsiest state in terms of number of horses per square mile of land is Maryland, followed by New Jersey and Connecticut.
The Quarter Horse is the most popular breed.
Horsehair is used to make brushes, violins, paintbrushes, fishing lines, and wigs. Notably, it was used to stuff upholstery and it was also turned into fabric by notable furniture makers, such as Chippendale, Hepplewhite, and Lutyens.
The famed 158-acre Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park contains works by Anish Kapoor, Andy Goldsworthy, Jaume Plensa, and Nina Akamu who was commissioned to finish a horse that Leonardo da Vinci had started five centuries earlier. The sculptor used da Vinci’s sketches to create a 24-foot horse, which had originally been commissioned by the Duke of Milan.
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