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An important Art Deco fancy coloured diamond and diamond pendent brooch
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An important Art Deco fancy coloured diamond and diamond pendent brooch
The central flexible tassel set with nine Fancy and rectangular-cut blue diamonds and a yellowish green diamond with a pavé-set diamond border, four of the main blue diamonds weighing 1.24, 1.57, 1.73 and 1.81 carats suspending a triangular and pear-shaped diamond drop, the surmount designed as a stylised basket of fancy coloured diamond flowers flanked by a pierced arch with flexible baguette and circular-cut diamond tassel terminals, circa 1925, 10.5cm. high, in red leather Ogden case
With certificates for four of the blue diamonds: 10119300, 10119293, 10119428, 10119548 dated 17/4/1997 from The Gemological Institute of America stating that the diamonds are: 1.24 carat Fancy Blue, natural colour, Si1 clarity; 1.81 carat Fancy Blue, natural colour, Si1 clarity; 1.57 carat, Fancy Blue, natural colour, VS1 clarity; and 1.73 carat, Fancy grayish blue, natural colour, VS1 clarity
The central flexible tassel set with nine Fancy and rectangular-cut blue diamonds and a yellowish green diamond with a pavé-set diamond border, four of the main blue diamonds weighing 1.24, 1.57, 1.73 and 1.81 carats suspending a triangular and pear-shaped diamond drop, the surmount designed as a stylised basket of fancy coloured diamond flowers flanked by a pierced arch with flexible baguette and circular-cut diamond tassel terminals, circa 1925, 10.5cm. high, in red leather Ogden case
With certificates for four of the blue diamonds: 10119300, 10119293, 10119428, 10119548 dated 17/4/1997 from The Gemological Institute of America stating that the diamonds are: 1.24 carat Fancy Blue, natural colour, Si1 clarity; 1.81 carat Fancy Blue, natural colour, Si1 clarity; 1.57 carat, Fancy Blue, natural colour, VS1 clarity; and 1.73 carat, Fancy grayish blue, natural colour, VS1 clarity
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A CELEBRATION OF GLAMOUR IN 20TH CENTURY JEWELLERY DESIGN
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Vivienne Becker
This dramatically exuberant Art Deco jewel, of superb English manufacture, is a celebration of glamour and luxury in 20th century jewellery design. Text-book style, it illustrates the sublime marriage of breathtakingly rare and desirable gemstones with exhilarating, evocative design. The focal point of the design is the spectacular shower of coloured diamonds, possibly a connoisseur's collection, that tumble casually out of the classical flower-vase and ornament the long articulated "tassel" drop of the brooch.
Early Art Deco design, pre 1925, is characterised by stylised but figural motifs of which the classical flower-vase is the most charmingly evocative. Here the image of the vase is transformed from its lyrical Belle Epoque 18th century-style incarnation into a crisp, geometric form by the ingenious use of unusual cuts of diamonds. The mixed cuts of diamonds throughout, particularly the cascading baguettes, give the piece its movement and melody. The design also illustrates how the horizontal shape of Belle Epoque stomachers gave way under the powerful influence of Art Deco to vertical designs, to long falling lines, following the rectangular forms of elongated tubular dresses. Movement, as in the articulation of the tassel and the baguette drops, as well as in the dynamic cascades of gemstones, was also a vital ingredient in Art Deco design, echoing the print of the sporty, energetic Jazz Age woman, and her new found freedom.
VIVIVENNE BECKER is a freelance journalist and jewellery historian.
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by
Vivienne Becker
This dramatically exuberant Art Deco jewel, of superb English manufacture, is a celebration of glamour and luxury in 20th century jewellery design. Text-book style, it illustrates the sublime marriage of breathtakingly rare and desirable gemstones with exhilarating, evocative design. The focal point of the design is the spectacular shower of coloured diamonds, possibly a connoisseur's collection, that tumble casually out of the classical flower-vase and ornament the long articulated "tassel" drop of the brooch.
Early Art Deco design, pre 1925, is characterised by stylised but figural motifs of which the classical flower-vase is the most charmingly evocative. Here the image of the vase is transformed from its lyrical Belle Epoque 18th century-style incarnation into a crisp, geometric form by the ingenious use of unusual cuts of diamonds. The mixed cuts of diamonds throughout, particularly the cascading baguettes, give the piece its movement and melody. The design also illustrates how the horizontal shape of Belle Epoque stomachers gave way under the powerful influence of Art Deco to vertical designs, to long falling lines, following the rectangular forms of elongated tubular dresses. Movement, as in the articulation of the tassel and the baguette drops, as well as in the dynamic cascades of gemstones, was also a vital ingredient in Art Deco design, echoing the print of the sporty, energetic Jazz Age woman, and her new found freedom.
VIVIVENNE BECKER is a freelance journalist and jewellery historian.
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