1950s Mid Century Modernist Chenet Copper Earrings Screw Back Winifred Mason Chenet antique collectibles Looped collar and button front

Looped collar and button front

matching belt (no belt loops)

or any daytime occasion

minor discoloration to underarms

1950s Mid Century Modernist Chenet Copper Earrings Screw Back Winifred Mason Chenet antique collectibles Looped collar and button frontThese collectible copper serpentine earrings are by Winifred Mason Chenet. As a young African American woman with a masters degree in education from New York University, Winifred Mason (married name Chenet) made her first piece of jewelry in l940. By l946, she was selling her unique pieces to fashionable stores in New York city such as Bonwit Teller and Lord and Taylor. Mason is considered to be an important part of the Modernist Art Jewelry movement