EARRINGS
Creator(s): Van Cleef and Arpels (Jeweler)
Currently in storage
About this object
The earrings are composed of ten diamond briolettes, thirty baguette-cut diamonds, and thirty-two round and rose-cut diamonds mounted in platinum. The pavé-set and baguette-cut diamond ribbon surmounts cascade into baguette-cut diamond branches, each suspending an articulated diamond briolette. All of the briolettes are enhanced with caps set with rose-cut diamonds except for two on the earring designed for the left ear.
- Object name:
- EARRINGS
- Made from:
- Diamonds -- platinum
- Made in:
- New York, USA
- Date made:
- 1948
- Size:
- H. 2 in.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 17.77.1-2
- Class:
- JEWELRY
- Signature marks:
- MARK VAN CLEEF/& ARPELS/N.Y. 14186 on back of each earring
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973