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, with pendeloque cut yellow topazes and small rose cut diamonds.
- Leaf-shaped pendeloque prisms on a chandelier.
- Drop-shaped pendeloque prisms on a chandelier.
See also
References
- "pendeloque". www.oed.com. Oxford English Dictionary. 2005. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- "Pendeloque". www.cnrtl.fr. Centre national de ressources textuelles et lexicales. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- "Pendeloque". www.langantiques.com. Lang Antiques. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- 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.
- Langhamer, Antonín (2003). The Legend of Bohemian Glass: A Thousand Years of Glassmaking in the Heart of Europe. Tigris. p. 262. ISBN 8086062112.
- "pendeloque". www.merriam-webster.com. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- Kuiper, Kathleen. "Pendeloque". www.britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
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