Feathered Friends

Marvellous Diamond & Colored Stone Brooch In "Mystery Setting", ca. 1985

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Marvellous Diamond & Colored Stone Brooch In "Mystery Setting", ca. 1985

Description

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

A cry of jubilation went through the jewelry scene when the Parisian jewelry manufacturer Van Cleef & Arpels presented a new type of gemstone setting in the winter of 1933, which immediately became a "must have" for the ladies of society. We are talking about the "invisible setting", also called "Serti Mysterieux", "Mystery Setting", because of its appearance, which aroused astonishment. This is a technique that involves calibrated, that is, very precisely cut gemstones set in a channel setting that is not visible from above, so that no metal is visible between the stones. In this way, large, even curved surfaces can be created using only gemstones. The piece of jewelry looks as if it is covered with precious stones. It is immediately understandable that this technique is extremely complicated in production: each piece of jewelry requires extremely many, often several hundred hours of work. This technique is masterfully demonstrated in this luxurious brooch from the 1980s in the form of two colorful parrots. A multitude of finest gemstones, red rubies, blue and yellow sapphires as well as tsavolites are set in the mysterious technique. Only thin borders of gold support the impression of the sparkling plumage, nothing but pure colorfulness is radiated by the countless facets of the gemstones. Thirty-two brilliant-cut diamonds further enrich the design, forming the heads of the animals. Merrily juxtaposed on a curved gold branch, the beautiful birds seem to be up for a little mischief! With its witty shape and bold hues, the brooch is a real head-turner and an unusually high-quality jewel piece from the 1980s that will turn heads then and now. A conversation piece of the first class!

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Jewellery of the 1980s fascinates until today as an often beautiful and always impressive testimony of a time of optimism and abundance: The oil crisis seemed to be overcome, Wall Street flourished and a new image of the woman emerged: Self-confident and tough, asserting herself in the profession, against men, successful, with broad shoulder (pads) and high heels, she adorned herself with rings, necklaces and brooches in hitherto unusual dimensions, with reflective surfaces of yellow gold and rich trimmings of colored gemstones.

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€ 13,980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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