A rare Art Deco, platinum, diamond and onyx brooch by Chaumet. Designed as a buckle pavé- and bezel-set with old cut diamonds and accents of polished onyx, all mounted in platinum. Bearing Chaumet maker’s mark and French assay mark for platinum. Measuring 5.5cm by 2.5cm. Circa 1925.
Like Art Nouveau, Art Deco was an artistic movement, not limited to jewellery. It cultivated an ideology that is characterised by a celebration of the modern and mechanical. Like the Cubist art movement, Art Deco jewellery focuses on the relationship between form and function. Clean lines and geometry are dominant.
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$25,000.00
An Art Deco, platinum, diamond and onyx brooch by Chaumet, designed as a buckle pavé- and bezel-set with old cut diamonds and accents of polished onyx, all mounted in platinum. Bearing Chaumet maker’s mark and French assay mark for platinum. Measuring 5.5cm by 2.5cm. Circa 1925.
