Queen of the Night

Luxurious "Retro Style" Ring With Sapphire & Diamonds, 1940s


€ 5,190.00 *
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Luxurious "Retro Style" Ring With Sapphire & Diamonds, 1940s
Luxurious "Retro Style" Ring With Sapphire & Diamonds, 1940s
Description
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In the late 1930s, Parisian jewellery houses in particular developed a variation of Art Deco that we know today as the "retro style". Its warm gold tones and expansive geometric shapes set it apart from the cool, flat designs in diamond-set platinum that had characterized the previous decade. This new style soon spread around the world - film stars such as Marlene Dietrich with her legendary ruby bracelet made it famous worldwide. This luxurious ring, which came to us from Bavaria, is a representative of this fashion. It features a precious gemstone arrangement. In the center, we see a dark blue sapphire in a high cabochon cut. It is accompanied on both sides by four diamonds in historical cuts. Among them are some diamonds that were already cut in the Baroque period and were reused in this piece of jewellery. This was a common procedure in the 1940s, as the global gemstone trade largely came to a standstill during the war and the period immediately following it. Bands of white gold on both sides of the ring face form the transition to the simple band of high-carat yellow gold. The ring is in very good condition and is a wonderful example of a wearable retro-style jewel. More on rings from the 1940s and further illustrations can be found in David Bennet and Daniela Mascetti: Understanding Jewellery, Woodbridge 2010, p. 400f.
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Luxurious "Retro Style" Ring With Sapphire & Diamonds, 1940s
Queen of the Night
€ 5,190.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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