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Van Cleef & Arpels

Pair of Gold 'Manchette' Cuff-Bracelets

Auction Closed

April 22, 11:22 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Van Cleef & Arpels

Pair of Gold 'Manchette' Cuff-Bracelets


comprising two cuff-bracelets of hammered free-form design, gross weight approximately approximately 103 and 105 dwts

together with fitted and signed box

signed Van Cleef & Arpels, numbered JB030357 and JB105007, with Swiss hallmark and maker's marks

5¼ in. (13.3 cm) internal circumference

A pair of similar 'Manchette' cuffs by Van Cleef & Arpels was offered in Jewelry from the Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Sotheby's New York, April 24-25, 1996, lot 451.

These cuff-bracelets in the Etruscan style illustrate how successfully the designers of Van Cleef & Arpels were able to blend the old and new. Exotic themes were a constant source of inspiration for the Arpels family resulting from extensive foreign travel and the ever increasing number of international clients. The cuff-bracelets offered here, although inspired by the hammered gold work of an ancient culture, are thoroughly modern in design and typical of the bold sculptural jewels of the 1970s.