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the history girl; Centuries collide on an L.A. designer's artifact-laden necklaces.(Brief article)

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Byline: Florence Kane

Suzanne Donegan's home and studio in a 1920s Hollywood apartment villa is more like a museum. There the former interior designer "curates" her curios, the watch chains, lockets, and charms that she finds on her travels-from Maine to Copenhagen-stringing them together to make one-of-a-kind necklaces. For instance, a chain made of vulcanite (the hard rubber first used before plastic was invented) found in England might have a French rose-gold clasp. And hanging from it would be some enameled floral dice, and a contraptiony charm made during the Industrial Revolution. "I love the juxtaposition of the softness of the Victorian era and the mechanical aspect," says Donegan, whose pieces, sold at ...

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