Diamond brooch, 'capillaire', Van Cleef & Arpels, circa 1960
Diamond brooch, 'capillaire', Van Cleef & Arpels, circa 1960 - Sotheby's.
Of foliate design, set with circular-cut diamonds, indistinctly signed Van Cleef & Arpels, French assay and maker's marks. Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 GBP
EXHIBITED: A similar brooch appeared in the exhibition: Set in Style; The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels, Smithsonian, CooperHewitt, National Design Museum, New York, February 18 – July 4, 2011, pages 136-137, dated 1959.
LITERATURE: Cf: Sarah D. Coffin, Set in Style: The Jewellery of Van Cleef & Arpels, New York, 2011, pages 136-137 for similar examples of this jewel and Sylvie Raulet, "Van Cleef & Arpels", Editions Du Regard, 1986, page 197 for a similar example of a "Capillaire" clip from 1946.
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