Luminous Art Déco pendant with aquamarine & diamonds, circa 1930

bleu électrique

Luminous Art Déco pendant with aquamarine & diamonds, circa 1930

€ 1,390.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Description

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Each era has produced some jewelry designs which, in retrospect, are so characteristic, so typical of their time, that one thinks one can recognize the entire era in them. For the Victorian era, for example, these are narrow yellow gold finger rings with three or five gemstones in a row, which were worn several next to each other. For Art Deco, on the other hand, this could be the pendant with aquamarine, elegantly geometrically designed and shining in cool white and blue in electric light. This is just such a pendant, elegant and timeless. A beautiful aquamarine in a step cut forms the centerpiece of the design. The stone weighs around 2.50 carats and its color is a light, slightly greenish blue, which stones of the time often show. The cut is designed in such a way that the lower facets reflect the light beautifully to the front, creating many bright, shining areas in the stone. In contrast, the setting of the stone is restrained. A narrow frame and all-round shadow gap separate it from the contemporary setting in high-carat white gold. Small diamond roses and milgrains enrich the design. The back of the frame is made of yellow gold. This is a typical technique of the early 20th century. We discovered the pendant in Hamburg. On its delicate white gold chain, this piece of jewellery, created around 1930, can be worn immediately around the neck.

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Electricity, this mysterious, wonderful force of nature that took over the world at the beginning of the 20th century, is invisible. And yet it has a color - at least in our common, culturally shaped memory: electricity is blue. It is a bright blue, like the light of lightning in a dark stormy sky. The color of electricity has entered the world of fashion as "bleu électrique". The first advertisements using this catchphrase as a color for fabrics can be found in France shortly before 1890, but it was not until the Art Deco years that this idea also entered the world of jewellery. This era, which was dedicated like no other to modernity and progress in all its facets, such as skyscrapers, automobiles and electric light, also loved jewellery in cool, radiant, electrifying colours.

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bleu électrique

€ 1,390.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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