River of Light

Antique Rivière Bracelet with 8.40 ct Diamonds in Platinum, France ca. 1910

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Antique Rivière Bracelet with 8.40 ct Diamonds in Platinum, France ca. 1910

Description

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"Under the striped awning a continuous stream of black coats and gorgeous dresses passed into the house. Being there relieved of wraps and overcoats, the owners of the said attire flashed brilliantly forth in startling raiment and gleaming jewels. Diamonds sparkled everywhere. On snowy shirt-fronts and massive busts, on powdered necks and bare arms and ungloved fingers. They crowned the ebon tresses of portly matrons, and glistened among the curls and plaits of young wives. They blazed on shoulder-straps and stomachers, and coiled serpent-like around plump wrists (…)“ (From the serialized novel "The Countess Pharamond," London Society, April 1892, p. 336) The Belle Époque, the period between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the First World War, elevated diamond jewellery in the non-color white to the supreme discipline of jewellery. And a diamond jewel in its purest form is the present bracelet! The design unites 38 old cut diamonds in restrained platinum settings. Effortlessly, the approximately 8.40 carats of white diamonds flow around the wrist, illustrating why bracelets of this type are called rivières - after the French word for river. Together, the diamonds look like a glistening river of light, delicately and seemingly invisibly set.The diamonds show rather many inclusions, as is typical for the time, but still have a very good brilliance. Rivières have been worn since the 18th century, but the diamond cuts and open platinum settings, as well as the delicate shape, reveal that the bracelet was created in the early 20th century. The hallmark allows us to locate the bracelet to France, and it is not difficult to imagine the piece as the precious jewel of a lady of Parisian high society. The antique bracelet found its way to us from Munich and has survived the passage of time very well.

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River of Light

€ 15,890.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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