An eighteen carat yellow gold longchain consisting of beads carved from snakewood: eight barrel-shaped ribbed and sixteen plain round beads, alternating with eight round beads made of twisted gold wire, all connected by plain links, without clasp. Signed Van Cleef & Arpels and numbered. Made in Paris, around 1970.

A  necklace of the same design can be found on page 207 of the book ‘Van Cleef & Arpels, the Art of High Jewelry’ (edition of the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris)

Length approximately 95 cm.