Chanel Sautoir

The sautoir is pure Coco. In the 1920s she draped waist-length strands of pearls over her jersey dresses — mixing real Oriental pearls with glass ones, which was scandalous at the time and is now the house code. Every pre-owned Chanel sautoir on JoliCloset is authenticated from its interior season-code plate and "CHANEL" stamp, so the pieces carry the same weight as the ones she wore herself.

Models on the pre-loved market

Multi-strand pearl sautoirs remain the headline act: 80 to 120 cm, often finished with a CC or camellia drop, stacked in the Mademoiselle way. Long gilt chains sit next — topped with a CC medallion, a pearl cluster, the lipstick pendant or a camellia flower, the Lagerfeld signature. Tweed-and-chain sautoirs, where Chanel tweed is woven through the links, dress any tailored jacket. For fine jewelry, the 18k "Perles de Chanel" long chains are a different tier. Browse the full Chanel jewelry edit or the wider Chanel necklaces selection.

Materials and tiers

On the costume side: glass pearls, gilt or silver-tone metal, Swarovski crystal, tweed and patent leather. On the fine jewelry side: 18k yellow or white gold, pavé diamonds, cultured pearls — some Métiers d'Art long chains retail above €50,000 new. Chanel sautoirs retain roughly 85% of value on the secondary market, so a pre-loved piece is closer to a wearable asset than a one-season buy. For shorter variants, see the Chanel pendant necklaces.

Authentication

On every costume-jewelry sautoir our team verifies the oval interior plate carrying the season code (e.g. "23C" for Cruise 2023, "22S" for Spring 2022, "A" for Autumn, "V" for Pre-Fall), the "CHANEL" stamp and the "MADE IN FRANCE" or "MADE IN ITALY" mark, with crisp engraving throughout. On fine jewelry pieces we look for the 750 gold hallmark, the maker's mark and the serial number on the clasp. Have a piece to pass on? Sell your Chanel sautoir directly on JoliCloset.