Elegant Art Deco Bar Brooch with Antique Diamonds, c. 1930

In the midst of the ever faster changing world of the years after the First World War, the artists and craftsmen of Art Deco sought a new formal language that would be appropriate for the new era. They rejected the forms of Art Nouveau, which they found too sweet, too transfigured, and sought geometric rigor. This alone seemed appropriate for the age of automobiles, skyscrapers and express trains. This brooch is also committed to this aesthetic. At the center of the design, slightly raised in their settings, are nine diamonds in individual antique cuts. These are old stones from the early 19th century that have been rearranged here. A total of 102 more rose cut diamonds set the front of the piece of jewellery at every possible point and make it sparkle. A total of c. 2.37 ct of diamonds are set in white gold. Bar brooches like these were worn in many different ways, for example, in contrast to the 1910s, somewhat crooked and casual instead of perfectly straight. Bar brooches were worn on the top button of elegant blouses or shirts inspired by men's fashion, or even on a tie as a deliberate break in style and expression of emancipation, which was unthinkable just a few years previously. This very well-preserved brooch came to us here in Berlin. It was most probably made in Germany around 1930.

Estimate:£3,898.88

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