Description
Lot of 20 jewelry drawings on tracing paper and light-blue paper in pencil heightened with polychrome gouache, including two drawings of brooches holding a collar watch, two drawings of twisted heart pendants, a set of preparatory drawings for cufflinks and signet rings, six jewelry designs from 1945/55, notably with gold threads and twists, and five designs strongly inspired by the Sterlé collections with stylized pineapple motifs, sometimes enhanced with blue enamels, diamonds and cabochons of turquoise and moonstone. 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 20 jewelry drawings on tracing paper and light-blue paper in pencil heightened with polychrome gouache, including two drawings of brooches holding a collar watch, two drawings of twisted heart pendants, a set of preparatory drawings for cufflinks and signet rings, six jewelry designs from 1945/55, notably with gold threads and twists, and five designs strongly inspired by the Sterlé collections with stylized pineapple motifs, sometimes enhanced with blue enamels, diamonds and cabochons of turquoise and moonstone. 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.
