Magnificent Déco Necklace with 7.00 ct Diamonds in Platinum and White Gold, c. 1925

From the Ballroom to the Cabaret

Magnificent Déco Necklace with 7.00 ct Diamonds in Platinum and White Gold, c. 1925

€ 15,890.00 ^*

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!

The last third of the 19th century saw the triumph of the diamond. The discovery of diamond deposits in South Africa led to a complete transformation of jewellery culture. As early as the 1890s, fashion reports noted with amazement that the jewellery box of the middle-class woman now contained more precious stones than she could have ever dreamed of just a quarter-century earlier. However, when the numerous diamond jewels of that era went completely out of style by the 1920s at the latest, the stones were reset to reflect the graphic lines of Art Deco. In fact, many large Art Deco pieces of jewellery were not made from completely newly mined diamonds: Grandmothers’ jewellery boxes were far too bountiful. Jewelers devoted pages upon pages to promoting the re-setting or even re-cutting of old diamonds. One thing, however, could not be easily changed: the colour. In the somewhat yellowish gaslight of the late 19th century, people did not place the same value on very bright, white diamonds as they did later under electric light. And so even in this necklace, delicately yellowish diamonds are set side by side with fine white ones, for it seems that not all stones were newly acquired to create this magnificent piece. A total of 151 diamonds, weighing a combined 7.00 ct, sparkle in subtly nuanced shades that, on the one hand, evoke the gaslight and the rustling silk dresses of the Belle Époque —and on the other hand, of the electric light of the Jazz Age, set in a design that was just as avant-garde as the bob haircut and the Charleston. We acquired the necklace in Vienna. However, it was not necessarily made by the Danube; similar designs were crafted in Paris and London as well. It was a truly international style that sought to make people forget the narrow confines of the times during the brief, carefree years between the wars. An independent appraisal has confirmed the quality of the materials. It is included with the necklace.

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From the Ballroom to the Cabaret

€ 15,890.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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