Ruby and diamond brooch, 'Fleur Silhouette', Van Cleef & Arpels, circa 1937
Designed as a flower, set with brilliant-cut diamonds, calibré- and circular-cut rubies and red stones, measuring approximately 110 x 95mm, signed Van Cleef & Arpels, numbered, French assay marks for 18 carat gold, gross weight 63.88 grams.
Provenance:
Cf.: Evelyne Possémé, Van Cleef & Arpels, L'art de la Haute Joaillerie, Paris, pg. 145, for a photograph of a similar brooch dated 1937.
Cf.: Marc Petit, Van Cleef & Arpels, Reflets d'éternité, Paris, 2005, for a photograph of a similar brooch dated 1938.
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Designed as a flower, set with brilliant-cut diamonds, calibré- and circular-cut rubies and red stones, measuring approximately 110 x 95mm, signed Van Cleef & Arpels, numbered, French assay marks for 18 carat gold, gross weight 63.88 grams.
Provenance:
Cf.: Evelyne Possémé, Van Cleef & Arpels, L'art de la Haute Joaillerie, Paris, pg. 145, for a photograph of a similar brooch dated 1937.
Cf.: Marc Petit, Van Cleef & Arpels, Reflets d'éternité, Paris, 2005, for a photograph of a similar brooch dated 1938.
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