Delicate Dormeuse Earrings with Diamonds in Platinum and Gold, Paris, c. 1910

Nights at the Place Pigalle

Delicate Dormeuse Earrings with Diamonds in Platinum and Gold, Paris, c. 1910

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This description was automatically translated from German. If you have any questions about this piece of jewellery, we will be happy to help!

Do you ever imagine what it would be like to have been born earlier? A whole century earlier and in Paris? Think of the newly opened Opera Garnier, the new grand boulevards that Haussmann has carved into the city, where splendour and wealth go hand in hand. The dancers in the Moulin Rouge swing their legs in red tights, men with moustaches wear tailcoats, and champagne wets their lips, while the ladies expel its carbon dioxide from their glasses with a small golden whisk. The pair of earrings that we discovered in Paris and which, according to their hallmarks, were made there, originate from these early years of the last century with all its social upheavals - and they bear witness to how beautiful, how splendid this era must have been if you belonged to the wealthy classes. The pair from the so-called "Belle Époque", the beautiful era, each presents two diamonds in high-carat gold and fine platinum, the most precious of all precious metals at the time, which had only recently been introduced to jewelry making by Louis Cartier. The new salons, no longer lit by gaslight or candles but by electric light, demanded diamonds set in translucent settings, which shone particularly brightly in platinum. A sparkling old-cut diamond and a diamond rose are each set here and can be worn as earrings thanks to a practical leverback. The pair is in very good condition. As an exemplary representative of the Belle Époque, it can be perfectly combined with many other jewels from the period. For dating, see for example the catalog of the Bansse company from Paris from 1910, which can be viewed online here. We have included a page from the catalog that shows very similar designs.

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This type of earring is also known as a "dormeuse". The word is derived from the French "dormir" (= to sleep), as earrings of this type - in contrast to long pendants - were intended to be so comfortable to wear that they could even be kept on during the night. They were particularly popular in the 1890s, when long pendants briefly fell out of fashion.

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€ 1,690.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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