Lot Essay
According to Van Cleef & Arpels, this brooch was made in the Langlois workshop in Paris. This was the only V.C. & A. workshop which specialized in invisibly-set jewelry from the 1930s.
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AN EXQUISITE INVISIBLY-SET RUBY AND DIAMOND BROOCH, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
Designed as two invisibly-set calibré-cut ruby laurel leaves, enhanced by calibré-cut diamond stems, mounted in platinum and 18k gold, made in 1936, with French assay mark and maker's mark, in a Garrard blue leather fitted case
Signed Van Cleef & Arpels, no. 45504; with maker's mark for Van Cleef & Arpels
Designed as two invisibly-set calibré-cut ruby laurel leaves, enhanced by calibré-cut diamond stems, mounted in platinum and 18k gold, made in 1936, with French assay mark and maker's mark, in a Garrard blue leather fitted case
Signed Van Cleef & Arpels, no. 45504; with maker's mark for Van Cleef & Arpels
Literature
"Van Cleef & Arpels", Diffusion Paris-Musées, Paris, 1992, page 80