Golden Years

Antique Link Bracelet of High Carat Gold, French, c. 1910


€ 3,390.00 *
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Antique Link Bracelet of High Carat Gold, French, c. 1910
Antique Link Bracelet of High Carat Gold, French, c. 1910
Description
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Throughout the history of the arts, the various artistic genres have always had a fruitful relationship with one another. Setting a literary text to music, for example, while ekphrasis refers to the literary description of a work of visual art. Since antiquity, sculpture and painting have competed to see who can create the most convincing depiction of reality and so there are, for example, many examples of paintings that show sculptures and thus reflect on the relationship between the arts. There is no such concept in the field of jewellery; and yet this antique bracelet looks like an impression of one of Gustav Klimt's paintings turned into jewelry. Paintings such as "The Kiss" (1907/08) or "Adele Bloch-Bauer I" (1907) have become virtually synonymous with the name of Gustav Klimt, who during those "golden" years concentrated particularly on works that seem to dissolve into abstract forms, rich gold leaf coverings and shiny surfaces. Spirals, triangles and other geometric ornaments in gold alternate with warmly glowing, heart-shaped forms - just like the links of this bracelet made of high-carat gold, which are strung together in an even pattern. A mark on the safety chain tells us that the bracelet was made in France. Stylistically and also based on its manufacture, it can be dated to c. 1910. It is therefore not inconceivable that the goldsmith who made it actually admired Klimt's kiss, as his work was mentioned in French art magazines such as "L'Art Décoratif" or "La Revue Blanche", which were well known to every artisan at the time.
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Antique Link Bracelet of High Carat Gold, French, c. 1910
Golden Years
€ 3,390.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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