Description
Lot of 13 jewelry drawings on tracing paper (some mounted on cardboard) in pencil heightened with polychrome gouache, including drawings of pearl necklace clasps, two-tone omega link necklaces, an enameled necklace in blue tones, a necklace with leaf motifs enhanced with rubies, an elegant twisted necklace with double arrow set with rubies and emeralds, and two modernist necklaces with floral and waterfall decor. Paul TOUZET, a designer and jeweler active from the 1940s to the 1970s, worked in the family tradition for VAN CLEEF & ARPELS, BOUCHERON and STERLE. He is also said to have worked with Georges BRAQUE and Jean COCTEAU on their jewelry. His creations are typical of French and Parisian jewelry production during the Trente Glorieuses. Expert: Alexandre Léger.
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Lot of 13 jewelry drawings on tracing paper (some mounted on cardboard) in pencil heightened with polychrome gouache, including drawings of pearl necklace clasps, two-tone omega link necklaces, an enameled necklace in blue tones, a necklace with leaf motifs enhanced with rubies, an elegant twisted necklace with double arrow set with rubies and emeralds, and two modernist necklaces with floral and waterfall decor. Paul TOUZET, a designer and jeweler active from the 1940s to the 1970s, worked in the family tradition for VAN CLEEF & ARPELS, BOUCHERON and STERLE. He is also said to have worked with Georges BRAQUE and Jean COCTEAU on their jewelry. His creations are typical of French and Parisian jewelry production during the Trente Glorieuses. Expert: Alexandre Léger.
