This ring, circa 1930’s, is a powerful argument for the extreme fabulousness of Art Deco dinner rings. Diamonds and a bright platinum mounting offset with bright emeralds and geometric design motifs. Lovely, eye-catching, and elegant.
Just look at that openwork around the central diamond and around the emeralds – it’s so precise, and lends such a delicacy to the piece.
Here it is from all its beautiful angles at once:
This lovely thing is for sale at Lang Antiques. All images and information are thanks to Lang.
What makes it so remarkable, in my opinion, is the pear-shaped diamonds dangling on it like ornaments on a Christmas tree. How sumptuous, all of those diamonds trembling at the ends of the diamond-set scrolls. Such casual luxury.
Like many of my favorite things, this tiara was designed by Cartier in the 1920’s. The tiara is designed as a series of graduated diamond-set scrolls, each suspending pear-shaped diamond flexible pendants. It centers upon a lozenge-shaped diamond. Christie’s does not give a total carat weight, which is a shame, because I’m very curious. The piece is signed Cartier London and comes in a red leather Cartier case.
