Antique Art Deco Diamond Ring, Platinum & Gold, c. 1930

Bye-bye Baroque

Antique Art Deco Diamond Ring, Platinum & Gold, c. 1930

€ 1,980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Description

This description was automatically translated from German. If you have any questions about this piece of jewellery, we will be happy to help!

In the years shortly before 1890, a radical change took place in the world of jewelry. The exuberant forms of historicism with putti, baroque volutes and colorful plays of colors suddenly no longer seemed contemporary. Industrial production had produced the same patterns in endless repetition until jewellery lost its appeal. Sales and demand collapsed and many jewelers saw their existence threatened. But the new decade marked a turning point. A new fashion took the place of excess, the so-called white jewels. Instead of countless pieces that barely matched each other, society ladies now wore a few, but all the more high-quality pieces of jewellery. White became the fashionable color: sparkling diamonds and shimmering pearls in settings made of silver, later platinum or white gold. The designs were delicate, filigree and of a completely new lightness. Leaves, tendrils and fine geometric lines replaced the opulent shapes of historicism and gave jewellery a new, modern elegance. This ring is a child of this fashion. At its center sparkles a diamond in the then common form of the brilliant cut, today known as the "transitional cut", set in a platinum display side. Fine saw cuts and engravings refract the light and create a lively interplay of sparkle and shadow. The technique is also interesting: the visible platinum is set on a yellow gold base. This was not purely a question of style, but had practical and economic reasons. Platinum had only been available for jewelry production for a few years and posed enormous challenges for workshops. As the metal was difficult to work with and expensive, it was used as a stable front on a base of tried and tested gold. In this way, the modernity of the new material was combined with the reliability of the old technique. This ring thus not only tells of the beauty of its gemstones, but also of an exciting transitional period, of the departure from the heaviness of historicism to the filigree elegance and aesthetics of Art Deco.

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Bye-bye Baroque

€ 1,980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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