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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Earring

ca. 1935 -1945 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The honeycomb surface patterning in which each hexagon has a star-set brilliant-cut diamond was devised by Van Cleef and Arpels in the late 1930s, initially as articulated units of a flexible bracelet. The motif remained popular throughout the 1940s and into the '50s.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Earring
  • Earring
Materials and techniques
Gold and brilliant-cut diamonds
Brief description
Gold earrings set with diamonds, made by Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, ca. 1935-45.
Physical description
A curved panel of gold set with diamonds swept around a narrow gold rod.
Credit line
Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patricia V. Goldstein
Summary
The honeycomb surface patterning in which each hexagon has a star-set brilliant-cut diamond was devised by Van Cleef and Arpels in the late 1930s, initially as articulated units of a flexible bracelet. The motif remained popular throughout the 1940s and into the '50s.
Other number
143 - Goldstein Collection number
Collection
Accession number
M.145:1, 2-2007

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Record createdJanuary 17, 2008
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