ANGELA CUMMINGS FOR TIFFANY & CO 18 KT GEOMETRIC CUFF WITH LAPIS LAZULI

AN EXTREMELY RARE VINTAGE CUFF BANGLE DESIGNED BY ANGELA CUMMINGS FOR TIFFANY & CO. 

THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY EARLY WEARABLE SCULPTURES DESIGNED BY ANGELA CUMMINGS, JUST A FEW PIECES HAS BEEN CREATED BETWEEN THE 1970'S AND THE VERY EARLY 1980'S. DESIGNED AND MADE PIECE BY PIECE AT THE CUMMINGS STUDIOS ATELIER IN NEW YORK. 

IS TOTALLY HAND CRAFTED IN SOLID 18 KARATS OF POLISHED YELLOW GOLD AND SUITED WITH AN INVISIBLE HINGED SPRING CLOSURE SYSTEM.

DESIGNED AS A TWISTED SCULPTURAL GEOMETRIC PIECE AND EMBELLISHED WITH 42 TRAPEZOIDAL  CARVINGS OF POLISHED BLUE LAPIS LAZULI. THIS ARCHITECTURAL PIECE HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY THE EGYPTIAN REVIVAL PERIOD AND THE ARCS OF THE CORDOBA MOORISH MOSQUE IN SPAIN.

THE WEIGHT OF THIS PIECE IS 43.75 Grams AND FIT A WRIST UP TO 6.75 INCHES. HAVE A WIDTH MEASURE OF 11 mm (0.45 Inch).

IS STAMPED WITH THREE CARTOUCHE HALLMARKS, " T&CO. C .750". AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE COLLECTOR'S PIECE IN IMPECCABLE CONDITION. 

ANGELA CUMMINGS WAS BORN IN AUSTRIA AND MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES WHEN SHE WAS THREE YEARS OLD. SHE STUDIED ART IN ITALY AND GEMOLOGY AND JEWELRY MAKING IN GERMANY. SHE JOINED TIFFANY & COMPANY IN THE 1967 WHERE SHE WORKED EXCLUSIVELY UNTIL 1984 WHEN HE DEPARTED TO BEGIN HER OWN COMPANY AND PRESENTED HER CREATIONS AT BERGDORF GOODMAN IN NYC. SHE CLOSE THE BOUTIQUE AND ATELIER IN THE 2003.

THIS PIECE IS IN GREAT IMPECCABLE CONDITION WITH A GREAT PATINA. THE ANGELA CUMMINGS PIECES ARE HIGHLY COLLECTABLE JEWELRY AND THEY ARE A REMARK IN THE AMERICAN JEWELRY TRADITION.

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