This bracelet knows what it wants, and what it wants is to be adorned with large roses.
A bold piece, to be sure, but a beautifully executed one. The two exquisitely carved coral roses are suspended by four rows of gold chains, which are dotted with sixteen light gray baroque cultured pearls. The bracelet is punctuated by three gold bars; which, if you look closely, you can tell are shaped like bamboo. The piece is by Seaman Schepps, and it’s signed.
I have to ask: why the combination of roses and bamboo? Roses don’t grow on bamboo. Is there there any significence there that I’m missing, or did the designer just think it looked nice?
What do you think? Too much for you, or just enough? What kind of outfit would you put this with?
This bracelet by Seaman Schepps was listed in Sotheby’s December 2007 Magnificent Jewels sale. All images and info are thanks to Sotheby’s.
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They look like tree peonies to me, especially the overall shape and the way the outer petals are curved. That would fit with the Bamboo theme and i wonder when it was made (if it ties into when ‘orientalism’ was in vogue)?
Those are all very valid points – the piece is undated, so we don’t know when it was made. I just googled tree peonies – they’re so pretty! And they definitely resemble these flowers. That would make more sense than roses.