CHANTECLER ET VOILà NECKLACE 42459

The shell paste choker: when the sea of Capri becomes a neck accessory

The Et Voilà choker in shell paste and silver is one of the most original and poetic pieces in the entire Chantecler catalogue, available at an affordable price. Shell paste — a material obtained by processing crushed sea shells mixed with a natural binder — brings the texture, colour and tactile memory of the sea to the neck. It is neither an imitation of mother-of-pearl nor a whole shell slab: it is a processed paste that retains the translucency and iridescent lustre of the original organic material, with its natural colour variations ranging from ivory white to pinkish beige depending on the angle of the light.

Shell paste: a material with a millennia-old history in the Mediterranean

The use of shells as ornamentation is among the oldest in human history — and in the Mediterranean, where coastal civilisations have always maintained a deep connection with the sea, this bond ha