FLAGSTAD, Kirsten (1895-1962) – A DIAMOND BROOCH

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FLAGSTAD, Kirsten (1895-1962) – A DIAMOND BROOCH
Designed as a series of stylized ribbon scrolls set with old and baguette cut diamonds, with French assay marks for 18K and platinum, measuring approximately 2½ x 1¼ inches (6.35 x 3.17 cm). Circa 1940s

Provenance

Kirsten Flagstad (presented to her by Katharine Cornell, 1893-1974).

Lot Essay

Kirsten Flagstad's Met debut on 2 February 1935, as Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walkuere, was one of the great sensations in the opera house's history, and such was her immense popular success in the succeeding six years that it has been said that she saved the Met from bankruptcy. She is still considered to be one of the greatest of all Wagnerian sopranos, and arguably 'the voice of the century'.

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