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Lot 147
  • 147

Cuff bangle, Van Cleef & Arpels

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Van Cleef & Arpels
  • gold
Designed as a wide textured cuff bangle, signed Van Cleef & Arpels and numbered, case stamped Van Cleef & Arpels.

Exhibited

A pair of almost identical Etruscan-style cuffs appeared in the exhibition Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels, Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, February 18 – July 4, 2011, no. 325. Another single cuff is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p. 265, fig. 38.

Literature

Cf: Jewelry from the Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Sotheby's New York, April 24, 1996, lot 451. Another pair of similar cuffs, from the Estate of Lucia Moreira Salles, was sold by Sotheby's in New York, Magnificent Jewels, December 9, 2009, lot 254.

Condition

Stamped 750 for 18 carat gold. Signed Van Cleef & Arpels. Numbered BL 232713. Weighing approximately 159.1 grams in total. Slight signs of wear. In very good condition.
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