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Exuberant Historicist Brooch With Pearls & Diamond in Red Gold, c. 1890


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Exuberant Historicist Brooch With Pearls & Diamond in Red Gold, c. 1890
Exuberant Historicist Brooch With Pearls & Diamond in Red Gold, c. 1890
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Are you familiar with the term horror vacui, the "fear of emptiness"? The art critic Mario Praz coined it when he described the late 19th century's love of excessive ornamentation. Floral patterns covered the walls and upholstered furniture of Victorian living rooms, and clothes and jewels could not do without multiple colors and patterns. Hardly any surface was allowed to remain without ornament. From today's perspective, in which a fear of ornament is usually cultivated, this antithesis to the omnipresent minimalism can be quite refreshing. This brooch demonstrates just how impressive such an ornamental piece of jewelry from the late 19th century can be. Countless volutes made of the finest gold wires form a diamond shape, from which small leaves grow here and there. Their flowers are formed by shimmering pearls, while a diamond sparkles in the center in the old cut typical of the period. Each individual pearl and the diamond are held in place by delicate prongs, incomparably finer than most products of today's goldsmith's art. This beautiful brooch was created in Germany around 1890. It is a typical piece of historicism, as it was popularized from the 1880s onwards. We discovered it in Berlin.
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Exuberant Historicist Brooch With Pearls & Diamond in Red Gold, c. 1890
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€ 890.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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