Brooch
ca. 1960 (made)
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| Place of origin |
During his career the jewellery designer Jean Schlumberger (1907-87) worked both with Schiaparelli in Paris and with Tiffany & Co. of New York. He came from a family of textile manufacturers in Mulhouse in eastern France. Parental ambitions for a career in banking were abandoned in the 1930s in favour of designing costume jewellery for the couturier Elsa Schiaparelli in Paris. During the Second World War he joined the French army and was evacuated at Dunkirk, eventually making his way from England to New York. Here he and his childhood friend Nicolas Bongard set up a small jewellery salon in 1947. The excitement their work generated prompted Tiffany & Co. to invite them to open a design studio and salon within the Tiffany New York store in 1956. Many of his designs remain in production today.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Gold, platinum, diamonds, emeralds and sapphires |
| Brief description | Brooch in form of cones and leaves, designed by Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co, New York, 1950-60. |
| Physical description | Brooch in the form of a pair of cones, one set with emeralds the other with sapphires, with diamond-set leaves above |
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| Credit line | Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patricia Goldstein |
| Production | Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | During his career the jewellery designer Jean Schlumberger (1907-87) worked both with Schiaparelli in Paris and with Tiffany & Co. of New York. He came from a family of textile manufacturers in Mulhouse in eastern France. Parental ambitions for a career in banking were abandoned in the 1930s in favour of designing costume jewellery for the couturier Elsa Schiaparelli in Paris. During the Second World War he joined the French army and was evacuated at Dunkirk, eventually making his way from England to New York. Here he and his childhood friend Nicolas Bongard set up a small jewellery salon in 1947. The excitement their work generated prompted Tiffany & Co. to invite them to open a design studio and salon within the Tiffany New York store in 1956. Many of his designs remain in production today. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.137-2007 |
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| Record created | January 16, 2008 |
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