circa 1955

Lot 97. A gold and diamond necklace, by Sterlé, circa 1955. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. © Christie’s Images Limited 2018  Of overlapping design, set at the front with circular-cut diamond and platinum scroll motif, suspending roped 18k gold fringe, to the polished gold neckchain, enhanced by two sculpted gold plaques, circa 1955, 14 1/2 ins., with French assay marks for 18k gold and platinum. Signed Sterlé, Paris, no. 3805. Christie's. Magnificent Jewels, New York, 17 April... [Lire la suite]

Van Cleef & Arpels, Necklace, USA, circa 1955. Platinum, white pear-shaped and baguette-cut diamonds. Length 39 cm (15.3 in.). Signed 'Van Cleef & Arpels'. Van Cleef & Arpels. © TEFAF 2018 This classic white diamond necklace recalls Van Cleef & Arpels glamorous diamond jewelry from the 1920s and 1930s. The light structure and flexible nature of this piece allows it to fall like fabric on the wearer. The elegant pear-shaped diamonds float along rows of baguette-cut diamonds creating a... [Lire la suite]

Mr. Wolcott Blair and Mrs. Ellen Yuille Blair, Cannes, France, 1926. THE BLAIR FAMILY Described by Harper’s Bazaar in October 1927 as “extremely popular in the younger fashionable set,” Mr. Wolcott Blair and Mrs. Ellen Yuille Blair were highly admired for their excellent sense of fashion and design from the 1920s through the 1960s. The Blairs often appeared in magazines and newspapers that featured fne living and society’s best dressed.Wolcott Blair, a grandson of Chauncey Buckley Blair, who founded Merchant’s Bank of Chicago and... [Lire la suite]

Cristóbal Balenciaga (Spain, active France, 1895-1972), Woman's Cocktail Dress and Coat, circa 1955. Silk satin damask. Gift of Mrs. Michael Blankfort in memory of her mother, Mrs. William Constable Breed (M.75.51.61a-b). Los Angeles County Museum of Art © Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

A magnificent diamond foliate fringe necklace, circa 1955, by Van Cleef & Arpels. Estimate $1,200,000 - $1,500,000. Price Realized $1,553,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2007 Designed as a line of brilliant-cut diamonds suspending a foliate fringe of graduated marquise-cut diamonds, circa 1955, 36.3 cm long. Signed VCA NY, No. 26017  Accompanied by report No. 16291149 dated 14 September 2007 from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) stating that the marquise-cut diamond weighing 4.89 carats... [Lire la suite]

Jeanne LANVIN CASTILLO n° 40-977, circa 1955. Kimono du soir. Estimation : 400 € / 600 €. Photo ARTCURIAL - BRIEST-POULAIN-F.TAJAN en soie façonnée figurant un motif de damier clémentine et doré partiellement rebrodé d'un motif floral japonisant (griffes blanches, graphisme noir) (couture décousue sur épaule droite) Provenance : garde-robe personnelle de Barbara Hutton ARTCURIAL - BRIEST-POULAIN-F.TAJAN. Haute Couture & Red Carpet, le 15 Juin 2015 à 13h45 

A pair of emerald and diamond earclips, circa 1955. Photo: Bonhams. Each crescent-shaped earclip set with a central cabochon emerald within a radiating spray of old brilliant, brilliant, single and baguette-cut diamonds, diamonds approximately 6.00 carats total, French assay marks, diameter 3.2cm. Estimate £10,000 - 12,000 (€12,000 - 15,000) Bonhams. FINE JEWELLERY. London, New Bond Street, 30 Apr 2014 - www.bonhams.com

A diamond double-clip brooch-necklace, circa 1955. Photo: Bonhams. The two pierced scrolling plaques, centrally-set with three cushion-shaped diamonds, the largest weighing 3.75 carats, within a baguette, brilliant and single-cut diamond undulating surround, to a detachable snake-link chain, remaining principal diamonds approx. 1.45cts and 1.25cts, remaining diamonds approx. 13.40cts total, two diamonds deficient, lengths: clips 7.4cm and 6.8cm, chain 40.5cm (3) (partially illustrated). Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 (€12,000 - 18,000) ... [Lire la suite]

Ivory, quartz and diamond brooch, Cartier, circa 1955. Photo courtesy Sotheby's Designed as a rose, the petals and leaves composed of carved ivory and aventurine quartz, accented with circular- and single-cut diamonds, signed Cartier, numbered, partial French assay and maker's marks, case stamped Cartier. Estimate   10,000 — 15,000 CHF Sotheby's. Magnificent Jewels. Genève | 13 nov. 2013 - www.sothebys.com

Ebony and diamond ring, René Boivin, circa 1955 The tapering gold and ebony band of bombé form decorated with a panel of pavé-set round diamonds weighing approximately 2.60 carats, mounted in 18 karat gold, size 4½, signed René Boivin, maker's mark, assay mark. Estimate 5,000—7,000 USD NOTE: Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Boivin, dated February 2007, issued by Françoise Cailles. Sotheby's. Important Jewels. 04 Feb 09. New York www.sothebys.com photo courtesy Sotheby's