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Details
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS SUITE OF TURQUOISE AND DIAMOND ‘LIBERTÉ’ JEWELLERY
Comprising a necklace, a pair of earrings and a tiara
Pear and cushion-shaped cabochon turquoises, round diamonds, 18k yellow gold (French marks), the pendent drops to the necklace may be detached to form pendent earrings and a tiara, 1960s, necklace and earrings signed Van Cleef & Arpels, tiara signed V.C.A, each with maker’s mark and numbered, light grey fitted Van Cleef & Arpels cases
Size/Dimensions: necklace 37.1 cm long; earrings 4.8 cm high, detachable earring pendent 2.5 cm high; tiara inner circumference 35.0 cm, 5.5 cm high
Gross weight: 250.8 grams
Comprising a necklace, a pair of earrings and a tiara
Pear and cushion-shaped cabochon turquoises, round diamonds, 18k yellow gold (French marks), the pendent drops to the necklace may be detached to form pendent earrings and a tiara, 1960s, necklace and earrings signed Van Cleef & Arpels, tiara signed V.C.A, each with maker’s mark and numbered, light grey fitted Van Cleef & Arpels cases
Size/Dimensions: necklace 37.1 cm long; earrings 4.8 cm high, detachable earring pendent 2.5 cm high; tiara inner circumference 35.0 cm, 5.5 cm high
Gross weight: 250.8 grams
Literature
Cf. S. Papi, A. Rhodes, 20th Century Jewelry & The Icons of Style, Thames & Hudson, London, 2016, p. 274 portrait of Hèléne Rochas wearing the same model of the necklace, p. 275
Cf. V. Meylan, Trésors et Lègendes, Van Cleef & Arpels, Éditions Télémaque, Paris, 2012, p. 384 for the same model of the necklace, p. 385 portrait of Maria Callas wearing the same model of the necklace
Cf. V. Meylan, Trésors et Lègendes, Van Cleef & Arpels, Éditions Télémaque, Paris, 2012, p. 384 for the same model of the necklace, p. 385 portrait of Maria Callas wearing the same model of the necklace
Exhibited
London, Sotheby’s, Power & Image: Royal & Aristocratic Tiaras, 28 May - 28 June 2022.
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