The House on Bedford Square

Antique Earrings With Diamonds & Natural Pearls in Platinum, Circa 1925

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Antique Earrings With Diamonds & Natural Pearls in Platinum, Circa 1925

Description

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The self-image of women changed rapidly at the beginning of the 20th century compared to previous years and led to a true revolution. After a long struggle for equal rights and the right to vote in large parts of Europe, women's fashion in the years between the wars was ultimately also characterized by a new, modern style, which was reflected in literature, painting and jewellery. This pair of earrings from the 1920s was created during the period in which Virginia Woolf published her groundbreaking novel Mrs. Dalloway. The novel is about the thoughts and actions of a small circle of people in London over the graduated course of a June Wednesday in 1923. Woolf was inspired to write this work, which is now considered one of England's most important novels, by her acquaintance with Lady Ottoline Morrell, an aristocrat and important patron of the arts. Morrell joined the Bloomsbury circle and fascinated people with her extravagant appearance. Her exotic lifestyle influenced the group of artists, so much so that the members gladly accepted the invitation to come to her house in Bedford Square at ten o'clock on Thursdays, where visitors such as D. H. Lawrence and Winston Churchill would gather in the drawing room. Isn't it wonderful to think that the earrings at the center of attention here originated in 1920s London, when all this was going on...? The earrings feature two extravagant pendulums on platinum studs set with diamonds. Their platinum showpieces are richly set with sparkling diamonds, which find their counterpart in tiny millegrains and shadow gaps and decoratively adorn the fronts of the earrings. Two natural pearls are set in the lower third and set their soft shimmer against the metallic sparkle of the diamonds. All of this gives the pendants an exciting, modern look that Art Deco loved so much and that is so different, so much more modern than designs from the Victorian era. The undercuts of the earrings are made of gold, typical of the period. As the earrings were later given an additional rhodium plating all around, they now have a uniform white sheen. The earrings are a modern pair for the modern woman - and with around 100 years of history!

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The House on Bedford Square

€ 2,980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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