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Négligée

Négligée (French), a flexible chain of beads, pearls, links of a precious metal, or rope-like strands, about 50 to 75 cm long, that is hung or looped around a woman's neck, having no clasp and usually terminating with tassels on each end.

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson