The "Bon Ton"

Antique Demi-Parure with Pendant-Brooch & Earrings in Rose Gold, c. 1875


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Antique Demi-Parure with Pendant-Brooch & Earrings in Rose Gold, c. 1875
Antique Demi-Parure with Pendant-Brooch & Earrings in Rose Gold, c. 1875
Description
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The word "parure" comes from the French and refers to a set of matching jewellery. In the 1870s, such a set was indispensable to the well-to-do bourgeois lady. "As much as possible, it is advisable to buy a complete set of jewellery, and if this cannot be done all at once, to add to it little by little," recommended the style guide "Der gute Ton" in 1878. The demi-parure consisting of matching earrings and a pendant or brooch, the latter usually with a double function, was particularly popular. This floral ornamented set is just such a demi-parure. The brooch could be pinned to the collar of high-necked dresses; as a pendant on a velvet ribbon, it was worn around the neck with a cut-out dress. Long earrings were indispensable in the 1870s and were worn for both occasions. Our demi-parure was created around 1875. Typical for this period is the use of rose gold with yellow gold accents and the application of three-dimensional, often floral elements on shield-shaped, slightly elongated basic forms. Compare, for example, the last illustrated page from the French design book "Le Bijou" from 1877, which shows a pendant in this style on the left and earrings in a similar basic shape at the top. The set has survived the last century and a half wonderfully in its original intense blue silk case. The quote above is from Franz Ebhardt: Der gute Ton in allen Lebenslagen. Ein Handbuch für den Verkehr in der Familie, in der Gesellschaft und im öffentlichen Leben, 3rd augmented edition (Berlin: Ebhardt, 1878), pp. 529-530.
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Antique Demi-Parure with Pendant-Brooch & Earrings in Rose Gold, c. 1875
The "Bon Ton"
€ 2,190.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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