Diamond Cuff-Bracelet, Suzanne Belperron, Early 1940. Photo Sotheby's

Composed of two bands pavé-set with circular- and single-cut diamonds, between a domed 'toit' motif channel-set with step-cut diamonds, inner circumference approximately 160mm, French assay and maker's marks for Groëné & Darde, safety clip to reverse possibly later added. Estimation 110,000 — 165,000 CHF

Litterature: Cf: Sylvie Raulet and Olivier Baroin, Suzanne Belperron, Italy, 2011, pgs. 69, 120, 256, 257, 271, and 290 for prototypes, photos and magazine clippings of jewels of similar design.

Suzanne Belperron was fond of the double-ring bracelet design with which she experimented over several decades. Such designs appeared in publications including Vogue; a similar model to this bracelet appears in the February 1936 Vogue Beauty Book.

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