Vintage Brooch with Old-Cut Diamonds, Onyx & Mother-Of-Pearl, c. 1985

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Vintage Brooch with Old-Cut Diamonds, Onyx & Mother-Of-Pearl, c. 1985

€ 9,980.00 ^*

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!

Splendor and shadow, day and night: the contrasts that describe the exciting decade of Art Deco are still fascinating today. Great new wealth, previously unseen pleasures such as the cinema and all-changing developments such as the spread of the automobile collided in a single vortex. It is no wonder that a new fashion emerged during this period, which wanted to break with what had gone before just as radically. Art Deco was internationally dazzlingly bright in the brilliance of its diamonds and modern in its hard graphic forms. Especially in the early years of the new style, people loved monochrome colors, black and white above all, platinum, then white gold. It was only later that yellow gold returned and tastes changed. This brooch was designed in this Art Deco spirit. It is made of white gold and features a stark contrast of black and white. 62 old-cut diamonds are set into the brooch as a sparkling pavé, geometrically delineated by areas of shimmering mother-of-pearl. Black onyxes form the frame of the semi-circular piece of jewelry. But even if antique diamonds were used here, stones that were probably already cut in the 19th century: The brooch was created more recently, as details of the workmanship show. It speaks the language of the 1920s and, like the best Art Déco jewellery, is elaborately handcrafted, but as a tribute, as a reminder of the Roaring Twenties. In fact, Art Déco forms were once again modern in the 1980s and a lot of jewellery was created based on historical models. In the case of this brooch, the goldsmith has captured the spirit of the 1920s perfectly. We think of designs by Suzanne Belperron from Paris, for example. Unfortunately, however, the brooch shows no hallmarks, so we cannot attribute it to a master hand. We discovered it here in Berlin in first-class condition. An independent appraisal has confirmed the quality of the materials. It is enclosed with the brooch.

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€ 9,980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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