There is so much history to Trifari Jewellery. Trifari Jewellery was first known as Trifari and Trifari founded by Gustavo Trifari and his uncle in 1910. The company name changed to just Trifari after Gustavos uncle left. In 1917 Leo Krussman joined and then Carl Fishel in 1925. They renamed the Company Trifari, Krussman and Fishel which is where the hallmark KTF derived.
Early 1930 Alfred Philippe joined as head designer, he is considered a top craftsman who worked in fine jewellery for Cartier and Van Cleef and Arples. His designs became very popular especially the well known designs known as fruit salad jewellery. The company was run 1910 to 1975 by the originating founders and sons of those founders. In 1975 Trifari was purchased by several other companies, there is so much rich history to Trifari,
we will add more and more over time on their fascinating history. Early Trifari Jewellery is very collectable and some pieces are now very rare to find.
| TRIFARI LINE OF JEWELRY
Gainsborough 1932 Jewels of Tanjore 1945 Talisman 1946 Moghul 1949 Scheherazade 1949 Day and Night 1949 Orientique by Trifari 1950 Gems of India 1951 Coronation Jewels 1952 L'Opera 1952 Evening Star 1954 Pins à la Mode 1958 Triege by Trifari 1958 Sorrento 1959 Etoile 1959 Fantasia by Trifari 1960 The Jewels of India 1965 Trifari's Fireworks 1966 L' Orient 1968 Trifari Light 1968 White Enamel Collection 1969 Ming Collection 1972 Diane Love Collection 1972 | DESIGNERS FOR TRIFARI
Alfred Philippe (1930s 40s 50s to 1966.) - PRESS HERE TO VIEW Alfred Spaney (Late 1930s to 1940s) Also Some animal pins David Mir (1930s and 1940s) Also Some bow pins Norman Bel Geddes (1940) Joseph Wuyts (1940) Benedetto Panetta, Jean Paris (1958-1965) Andre Boeut (1967-1979) Diane Love (1971-1974) Jonathan Bailey (1970s) Marcella Saltz (1980s-1990s) Usually signed her name |
TRIFARI HISTORY OF OWNERSHIP
Founders and sons of founders of Trifari (1910 to 1975) Hallmark Jewelry Co. (1975 to 1988) Crystal Brands (1988 to 1994) Chase Capital Partners, a Lattice Holding Co., a division of the Monet Group (1994 to 2000) Monet Group, was purchased by Liz Claiborne in (July 2000) Liz Claiborne moved operations to Puerto Rico soon after purchase! Trifari, Mosell, and Marvella Jewelry are now off shore operations. |
TRIFARI SIGNATURES AND MARKS
Jewels by TRIFARI(crown over T in Trifari 1920) "used as label" Gainsborough (1932) "printed version used to ID collection" KTF (mark first in use 1935) "on metal" KTF. (taller T than other letters) 1935 "on metal" CLIP-MATES (1936) "used as label" TRIFARI (with out the crown above T) "first used 1937 on metal" TRIFARI (with crown above the T) "first used in 1939 on metal Orientique by TRIFARI (1950) "Used as label to identify collection" Ear-Mates (signed in script 1953) "used as label" T (T hang tag with open detailed crown on top 1954) "metal hang tag on item" KTF (crown over T 1954) "used to ID KTF Industrial Products" TIE-UPS (1957) "used as label" Tie-Ups by TRIFARI (Tie-Ups in script and crown over T in Trifari 1957) "used as label" Triege by TRIFARI (Triege in script with crown over T in Trifari 1958) "Label used to ID collection" MORE ON TRIFARI SIGNATURE AND MARKS 1920 –Jewels by TRIFARI with thecrown over T in Trifari - used as a label 1932 - Gainsborough - the printed version was used to ID collections 1935 - KTF – used on metal" 1935 - KTF. With a taller T than other letters – used on metal 1936 - CLIP-MATES – used as a label 1937 - TRIFARI with out the crown above T - used on metal 1939 - TRIFARI with crown above the T - used on metal 1950 - Orientique by TRIFARI - used as label to identify collection 1953 - Ear-Mates in script - used as label 1954 - T with open detailed crown on top - metal hang tag 1954 - KTF with crown over T - used on KTF Industrial Products 1957 - TIE-UPS - used as label 1957 - Tie-Ups by TRIFARI in script and crown over T in Trifari - used as label 1958 - Triege by TRIFARI in script with crown over T in Trifari - label used to ID collection Current - TRIFARI TM - used on metal The Crown above the T has been changed many times over the years both on hang tags and labels. The first metal hang tags on items were fancy open cut and had fine detail work. The paper label T hang tags were often close to the original but varied from a tall and slender T to a shorter and broader version with different style of the crown. PICTURES OF SIGNATURES AND MARKS WILL BE ADDED SHORTLY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. |
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