An unusual gilt-metal body sculpture necklace by Alexis Kirk, made for the Duchess of Windsor, circa 1970, in Middle Eastern style, composed of seven gilt-metal plaques of rectangular shape with serpentine tops, each supporting a pendant designed as the hand of Fatima, flanked by fringes styled as peppers joined together by segments of chain, signed Alexis Kirk, with a later red leather fitted case embossed WE beneath a coronet:Duke & Duchess Of Windsor Sale, Sotheby's New York, 11th - 19th September 1997, ex-lot 2779, purchased by Alexis Kirk for his own archive
An unusual gilt-metal body sculpture necklace by Alexis Kirk, made for the Duchess of Windsor, circa 1970, in Middle Eastern style, composed of seven gilt-metal plaques of rectangular shape with serpentine tops, each supporting a pendant designed as the hand of Fatima, flanked by fringes styled as peppers joined together by segments of chain, signed Alexis Kirk, with a later red leather fitted case embossed WE beneath a coronet:Duke & Duchess Of Windsor Sale, Sotheby's New York, 11th - 19th September 1997, ex-lot 2779, purchased by Alexis Kirk for his own archive
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