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Gorgeous "retro" style clip in rose gold with diamonds, 1940s

€ 3,690.00 ^*

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Gorgeous "retro" style clip in rose gold with diamonds, 1940s

Description

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

This large brooch is designed as an elegant bow. Warm, shiny rose gold ribbons are loosely folded over one another. Sparkling diamonds in platinum settings are placed on some of the front bands. Further bows in the layer behind them swell in sculptural staggering. The brooch is a sparkling, shiny showpiece from an era that was used to darker days. Large clips like this one in the late Art Deco style are typical of the 1940s. For the first time, brooches were no longer only worn in the center of the neckline, but also on the shoulder, lapel or belt. The asymmetrical shape of the design refers to this. The use of shiny gold and rather small gemstones also speaks for this period, in which people often worked with existing materials, as global trade was very limited. All the greater is the joie de vivre that the design still conveys today. The brooch virtually vibrates with energy. The curved ribbons are plump and look as if they have just been tied. Unfortunately, we do not know where the brooch was made, as it is not hallmarked. We discovered the brooch here in Berlin.

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One of the most beautiful and typical pieces of Art Deco jewelry is the clip. Cartier, Boucheron and Van Cleef and Arpels produced extravagant, precious pieces, mostly set with diamonds, in Paris from the late 1920s onwards, and goldsmiths all over the world soon followed suit. The special thing about this new type of brooch was that it could no longer be worn just on the lapel, but anywhere on the dress, on the belt, on the bag and even in the hair. Often worn as a pair, but also individually, they could be used to create surprising accents that were previously impossible. At the time of their introduction, the shape of the clips was initially flat and the surfaces were richly set with diamonds. In the course of the 1930s, increasingly voluminous, geometric shapes came into fashion. Yellow gold also replaced the previously favored white gold, in line with the general trend of Art Deco. Towards the end of the 1930s, one last innovation before the upheaval of the Great War was the redesign of the back mount. Whereas previously a single large plate with a spring mechanism had been fitted here, two interconnected pins were now used. For the history of the clip, see David Bennett/Daniela Mascetti: Understanding Jewellery, Woodbridge 2010, pp. 322-325, with numerous illustrations.

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€ 3,690.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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