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A pendeloque, from French pendeloque, is a hanging often drop- or pear-shaped object or pendant used as an ornamentation, such as drop-shaped pendant earrings, and specific pear- and drop-shaped parts of chandeliers. The term is also used in describing the specific pendeloque cut for gemstone cutting.

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  • Pendeloque-shaped earrings. Pendeloque-shaped earrings.
  • Pendeloque-shaped earrings, with pendeloque cut yellow topazes and small rose cut diamonds. Pendeloque-shaped earrings, with pendeloque cut yellow topazes and small rose cut diamonds.
  • Leaf-shaped pendeloque prisms on a chandelier. Leaf-shaped pendeloque prisms on a chandelier.
  • Drop-shaped pendeloque prisms on a chandelier. Drop-shaped pendeloque prisms on a chandelier.

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References

  1. "pendeloque". www.oed.com. Oxford English Dictionary. 2005. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  2. "Pendeloque". www.cnrtl.fr. Centre national de ressources textuelles et lexicales. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  3. "Pendeloque". www.langantiques.com. Lang Antiques. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  4. Benchley, Amanda. "In Her Dramatic Italian Home, Annette Klein Shows Us Her Cache of Historic Earrings". www.1stdibs.com. Introspective Magazine. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  5. Langhamer, Antonín (2003). The Legend of Bohemian Glass: A Thousand Years of Glassmaking in the Heart of Europe. Tigris. p. 262. ISBN 8086062112.
  6. "pendeloque". www.merriam-webster.com. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  7. Kuiper, Kathleen. "Pendeloque". www.britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
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