Curved Brooch with Diamonds in Silver & Gold, c. 1905

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Curved Brooch with Diamonds in Silver & Gold, c. 1905

€ 2,690.00 ^*

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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!

"Our childhood was weighed down by the paralyzing overabundance of things, not a single one of which could make us happy..." In retrospect, Henry van de Velde was full of weariness when he summed up his discomfort with the art of the late 19th century, which had been oriented towards the rich ornamentation of the past. Together with other artists of his generation, he therefore searched for new forms, for simple, reduced beauty. Van de Velde shaped a type of Art Nouveau that was more linear in character. Dynamic lines, never distinctly figurative, but at best vegetal in appearance, were particularly popular in Germany, where van de Velde lived and worked for a long time. However, other artists also worked in the same direction and created designs that increasingly moved away from historical ornamentation. The present brooch also lives solely from the power of the line and is both typical of its time and timeless. Completely dispensing with representational ornamentation, its form itself becomes an ornament by creating a gently curved shape. It is crafted from gold with a silver front and set with a total of 94 rose-cut diamonds weighing around 2.70 ct in total. The brooch is in very good condition and came to us from Hamburg.

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The predecessors of today's brooches were brooches that were worn with coat clasps. These pieces of jewelry resembled a safety pin and were used to hold garments together at the shoulders. These brooches also indicated the status of their owner and as early as the Bronze Age they were decorated with figures and ornate designs. The Romans sometimes designed their brooches so magnificently that they were subject to luxury taxes. For almost 3,000 years, the fibula - and since the Middle Ages a similarly designed piece of jewelry called a Fürspann - ensured that clothing fitted correctly. However, since the invention of the button at the latest, the function of the fibula and the instep became increasingly superfluous - and were now able to develop into purely decorative objects, initially at the court of Louis XIV in the 17th century.

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€ 2,690.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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