CULTURED PEARL AND DIAMOND BRACELET

Of undulating design, set with cultured pearls highlighted with triangular motifs accented with brilliant-cut diamonds, inner circumference approximately 150mm.

Cf: Sotheby's Catalogue, The Magnificent Jewels of Mme Hélène Beaumont, Geneva, 18th May 1994, lot 459, where this lot was previously sold.

Stamped 14K and 585 for 14 carat gold to clasp. Estimated total diamond weight approximately 8.00 - 10.00 carats, bright, lively stones. Cultured pearls of various sizes medium to high lustre, several with rosé overtones, glue to underside (not visible when worn) affixing pearls. Safety chain, secure clasp. In good condition.
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Formerly in the collection of Hélène Beaumont

Hélène Beaumont (1894-1988) was one of the great figures of the Cote d'Azur.  She and her husband Louis Dudley Beaumont (1857-1942) were among the founders of the glamorous social lifestyle of the French Riviera during the pre-war era and are also remembered for their extreme generosity. 

After a short career as an opera singer, the then Hélène Thomas, married Louis Dudley Beaumont, an American entrepreneur and one of the founders of the May Company, one of the most important  department store chains in the United States. Louis Dudley changed his name from Schonenberg to Beaumont one moving to France, he became one of the first patrons of aviation.  The Beaumont's moved to Cap-d'Antibes, to the Villa Eilenroc, one of the most beautiful villas in the Rivera.  They decorated the interior with the finest 18th century French furniture, much of it acquired at the great Rothschild sales in England in the 1920s.  The contents of the Villa Eilenroc were sold at Sotheby's Monte Carlo in December 1992.

The magnificent collection of jewels in the Beaumont collection was of such a quality that they could be compared to those of the Duchess of Windsor, both modern and contemporary designs are favoured providing a magnificent record of the development in style of the fine jewels of the time.