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110 - RUBEL, Frères 20 original gouache drawings of jewelry. [c. 1920–1930] Gouache, pencil, 32.6 x 25.0 cm, gray or brown vellum paper, some signed “RF,” handwritten annotations. Mounted with mat boards. Finely executed designs using the jewelry-making technique of gouache. The collection consists of bracelets, brooches, earrings, necklaces, rings, and wristwatches in gold or silver, most set with diamonds by brothers John and Robert Rubel. Of Hungarian origin, they opened a jewelry workshop not far from the Place Vendôme in 1915. Recognized for their talent, they maintained a close collaboration with Van Cleef & Arpels for some twenty years. In the 1930s, they answered the call of New York, where they opened their own independent firm, “John Rubel & Co.,” in 1946.
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RUBEL, Frères 20 original gouache drawings of jewelry. [c. 1920–1930] Gouache, pencil, 32.6 x 25.0 cm, gray or brown vellum paper, some signed “RF,” handwritten annotations. Mounted with mat boards. Finely executed designs using the jewelry-making technique of gouache. The collection consists of bracelets, brooches, earrings, necklaces, rings, and wristwatches in gold or silver, most set with diamonds by brothers John and Robert Rubel. Of Hungarian origin, they opened a jewelry workshop not far from the Place Vendôme in 1915. Recognized for their talent, they maintained a close collaboration with Van Cleef & Arpels for some twenty years. In the 1930s, they answered the call of New York, where they opened their own independent firm, “John Rubel & Co.,” in 1946.
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