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Victorian Demi-Parure consisting of a Pendant Brooch & Earrings, circa 1870

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Victorian Demi-Parure consisting of a Pendant Brooch & Earrings, circa 1870

Description

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Demi-parure is a typical form of jewellery of the 19th century. It usually consists of a brooch, which can sometimes be worn as a pendant, and a pair of matching earrings. With such a demi-parure, the bourgeois lady was representatively adorned for any semi-formal affair: for example, to receive guests or pay visits. From their representative and dressy function it can be seen that these pieces of jewellery were always adapted to the prevailing fashion, so that they can be dated stylistically well. The set presented here was made around 1870. The centerpiece is a pendant brooch that can be worn on a dress or on a gold chain, depending on your mood. On the back, the piece also features a locket compartment for private mementos. The basic polished gold form is overlaid with ornamental appliqués, an eclectic mix of various historically inspired ornaments typical of the period. Some elements, such as the small "screws" to the left and right of the central motif, appear almost technical, a specialty of jewellery of the 1870s. Below, an equally period-typical fringe ornament swings. A diamond rose shines in the center. The earrings are designed as a smaller, reduced version of the same motif and also feature a sparkling diamond. Probably, like the brooch, they were originally provided with an additional suspension with fringes; however, when fashion demanded shorter earrings, these were apparently removed. The different design of the surfaces is also particularly beautiful. Some sections are polished, others have a velvety-looking additional overlay of fine gold, so that the light can shimmer and shine here even more richly. We liked the portable and versatile set very much: Just about the "little black dress" of antique jewellery.

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For a brief moment, a single fashion only, around the year 1870 jewellery with fringes were fashionable. It was the wedding of historicism with its great pluralism of styles. But no matter in which style a piece of jewellery was created, whether it was executed in the Archaeological style, Rococo or Renaissance forms: it had to have fringes! Cf. on the fringe style, among others, the illustrations in Brigitte Marquardt: Jewellery. Realismus und Historismus. 1850-1895. Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, München 1998, p. 176f., and the examples in David Bennet and Daniela Mascetti: Understanding Jewellery, Woodbridge 2010, p. 152, p. 156, p. 168, p. 181 etc.

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€ 2,190.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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