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Magnificent Vintage Brooch With Indicolites & Diamonds in Gold, ca. 1955

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Magnificent Vintage Brooch With Indicolites & Diamonds in Gold, ca. 1955

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, after the long years of war, food shortages, currency reform and the first reconstruction, the lust for life also returned to German cities and parlors, when the economic miracle made possible a first new prosperity in the centers of industry and commerce, the art of jewellery design also awoke to new life after many years of a dreamless sleep. This brooch from the 1950s is a typical piece of jewellery of this era and shows an old form reinterpreted: We see a stylized bouquet fanning out in elegant sweep. Flower motifs have long been known as brooches. As early as the 18th century, rococo court ladies adorned themselves with corsage ornaments in flower shapes. The Victorian era, the Belle Époque and Art Deco also adapted floral arrangements to the prevailing aesthetic in each case. So it is not surprising to find the old theme here now also in the so-called "Retro Style", the powerful and dynamic style of the late 1930s to early 1950s. Typical of the Retro Style are full-bodied designs in gold with diamond accents, as we see in this brooch. Seven large indigolite tourmalines and small diamonds form the flowers of the luxurious bouquet. Leaves, stems, and the enclosing band set with green tourmalines are crafted of warmly gleaming yellow gold. The diamonds alone are set in platinum. Despite the size of the brooch, it does not seem overly heavy, because it is made of golden wires and thus airy openwork.And another thing is quite typical for the time of origin of the brooch: The asymmetrical shape is a characteristic feature of the post-war period, because only then the way of wearing brooches, as we know it best today, prevailed: On the side under the shoulder, on a jacket or dress. Before that brooches were often symmetrical, because they were designed to be worn in the center of the corsage or on the collar of a blouse.

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€ 1,890.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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