A Virtue of Necessity

Elegant Retro Ring With Diamonds in Gold, Around 1940

€ 1,490.00 ^*

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Elegant Retro Ring With Diamonds in Gold, Around 1940

Description

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

When one thinks of Art Deco jewellery, the first thing that comes to mind may be cool, elegant designs in platinum and white gold, gleaming white with rich diamond settings. Fine designs in geometric shapes, articulated by the finest saw work and delicately and elegantly designed: This is the style of the late 1920s, which in fact corresponds to early Art Deco. In the course of the 1930s, however, the Parisian jewellery houses in particular developed this formal language further, and by the end of the decade there was a turnaround: instead of white gold and platinum, yellow and red gold were now once again the metals of choice, and the forms became more sculptural, voluminous and expansive, although still designed from a powerful geometry. This change in style is not exclusively but also explained by the technical and economic changes of the time. Platinum, for example, was de facto no longer available to the goldsmiths at the latest with the beginning of the war, which is why the switch to yellow gold was not only voluntary. The trade routes to the precious gemstones had also been interrupted in many cases, so that many pieces of this time only set smaller gemstones, those in secondary use, or even had no gemstones at all. This ring originates from this period and beautifully demonstrates all these stylistic features that were widespread throughout Europe. The ring of warmly glowing, reddish gold is set crosswise to the finger and presents eight diamonds on the resulting rectangular display area. These are shaped in the old European cut, as it was already used at the beginning of the century - although the brilliant cut was already known around 1940. Presumably, these stones come from old stocks or even from an older piece of jewellery, which was also due to the scarcity of materials. The settings completely renounce platinum and present the white diamonds in gold. The ring thus created tells us its story about the materials used - and bears witness to the inventiveness of European goldsmiths even in difficult times.

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A Virtue of Necessity

€ 1,490.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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