Vintage faux pearl drop earrings by Louis Rousselet with the classic Rousselet filigree back and rounded wire clip on closure. The pearls are Rousselet’s signature hand-made faux pearls made of glass coated in essence d’orient giving them a pearly sheen. Two tone, with a cream pearl at the top and gray pearl drop. Approximately 1 3/8” in length. Marked France.

Rousselet was a French parurier, best known for his lamp work beads and faux pearls. He created haute couture costume jewelry for many of France’s design houses, from Chanel to Dior, Balenciaga, and more, as well as jewelry for the performers at Moulin Rouge, Casino de Paris, and les Folies Bergères. Rousselet also created jewelry that was sold under his own name in department stores, and sold beads for others to use in their own designs. All of his jewelry was hand crafted in France.