Art Price Index: Coral’s Art Deco Breakthrough

Published on 13 October 2021, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Art Deco jewelers pulled out all the stops to create dazzling settings to showcase coral.

€512,000 Cartier, c. 1925, jointed platinum and yellow gold diamond necklace trimmed... Art Price Index: Coral’s Art Deco Breakthrough

€512,000
Cartier, c. 1925, jointed platinum and yellow gold diamond necklace trimmed with turquoise, tubular coral and onyx, l. 36 cm/14.17 in.
Paris, Drouot, June 15, 2020, Baron Ribeyre & Associés OVV, Ms. Cukierman.

Art Deco jewelry designers were passionate about gems and organic materials that had been overlooked until then, using mother-of-pearl, bone, horn, ivory, jade, turquoise and coral to make stunning pieces. Their earliest creations featured the chessboard duo of diamonds and onyx before they turned to colors…

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