Description
Pink gold 585°/°° and silver bodice front set with a large pavement of rubies, probably Burmese, without thermal modification (except one Siam warmed), enhanced with old-cut diamonds. Work of the end of the 19th century. (chips) L. 5,5cm - H. 5cm Gross weight : 30,96g Provenance : The brooch belonged to the Countess of Revilla de Camargo who bought it from Chaumet in 1958 as an antique jewel. Important jewels from the GRAMONT- GREFFULHE boxes From the collections of the Gramont family, these jewels take us back in time (lost) to the iconic character that Elisabeth de Caraman-Chimay, who became Countess Greffulhe by her marriage, embodied. Under Proust's pen, the Duchess of Guermantes and the Countess Greffulhe merge and immerse us in the social and artistic elite of the early 20th century. Witness of an era and of a grandiose taste, this set also constitutes the story of a family and intimate history. From the personal jewels of the Countess herself, we discover those of her daughter Elaine, Duchess of Gramont, the orders placed by her grandchildren, the fortuitous disappearance of two stones from a necklace or the passion for hunting of Count Greffulhe, which seems to be reflected in these small pins!
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Pink gold 585°/°° and silver bodice front set with a large pavement of rubies, probably Burmese, without thermal modification (except one Siam warmed), enhanced with old-cut diamonds. Work of the end of the 19th century. (chips) L. 5,5cm - H. 5cm Gross weight : 30,96g Provenance : The brooch belonged to the Countess of Revilla de Camargo who bought it from Chaumet in 1958 as an antique jewel. Important jewels from the GRAMONT- GREFFULHE boxes From the collections of the Gramont family, these jewels take us back in time (lost) to the iconic character that Elisabeth de Caraman-Chimay, who became Countess Greffulhe by her marriage, embodied. Under Proust's pen, the Duchess of Guermantes and the Countess Greffulhe merge and immerse us in the social and artistic elite of the early 20th century. Witness of an era and of a grandiose taste, this set also constitutes the story of a family and intimate history. From the personal jewels of the Countess herself, we discover those of her daughter Elaine, Duchess of Gramont, the orders placed by her grandchildren, the fortuitous disappearance of two stones from a necklace or the passion for hunting of Count Greffulhe, which seems to be reflected in these small pins!
