ANGELA CUMMINGS FOR TIFFANY & CO. 18 KT GOLD GEOMETRIC SAUTOIR NECKLACE WITH BLACK JADE

VERY RARE BLACK JADE NECKLACE DESIGNED BY ANGELA CUMMINGS FOR TIFFANY & CO.

A MODERNIST VINTAGE SAUTOIR NECKLACE DESIGNED BY CUMMINGS IN THE MID OF THE 1970'S. CRAFTED AT THE TIFFANY STUDIOS IN HIGH POLISHED 18 KT YELLOW GOLD.

IS COMPOSED BY A LARGE TRI-DIMENSIONAL OVOID SPHERE OF 32 mm BY 24 mm AND 47 OVOID CARVED BEADS OF NATURAL BLACK JADE, EACH ONE OF 17 mm  BY 12 mm..

THE MAIN  PIECE IS EMBELLISHED WITH A PAIR OF OVAL CABOCHON CUT CARVINGS OF NATURAL BLACK JADE, BOTH WITH ABOUT 20 CARATS. THIS SCULPTURAL DESIGN CREATE A BEAUTYFUL CONTRAST WITH THE GOLD SETTING AND THE JADE GEMSTONES, HAVING A REMINISCENCE TO THE FRENCH-GERMAN ARTIST JEAN ARP.

THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THIS NECKLACE IS 184.6 Grams AND THE LENGTH MEASURES IS 34.5 Inches

THE ESTIMATE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE JADE IS 825 CARATS.

THE GOLD PART IS ENGRAVED WITH THE INDIVIDUAL SERIAL NUMBER AND STAMPED WITH THE EARLY TIFFANY HALLMARKS, "TIFFANY & CO. C. 18 KT 3740".

ANGELA CUMMINGS WAS BORN IN 1944 IN KLAGENFURT IN AUSTRIA. SHE TAKE HER EDUCATION AT THE ART ACADEMY IN PERUGIA, ITALY AND AT THE ZEICHENAKADEMIE IN HANAU, WEST GERMANY. IN THE 1967 SHE JOINED TIFFANY & CO WORKING UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF DONALD CLAFFIN AND IN THE 1975, SHE WAS THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR HER EXCLUSIVE LINE BRAND CUMMINGS. IN 1984 SHE STARTED HER OWN LINE OF JEWELRY TO BE RETAILED EXCLUSIVELY AT AN IN-BOUTIQUE STORE AT BERGDORF GOODMAN, IN NEW YORK CITY. NOW SHE'S RETIRED FROM THE JEWELRY BUSINESS.

AN EXCEPTIONAL PIECE OF JEWELRY AND A VERY RARE COLLECTOR'S PIECE. BOTH HER SIGNED PIECES FOR TIFFANY & CO. CREATED IN THE 1970'S AND 1980'S AND ALSO HER OWN EXCLUSIVE PIECES REMAIN HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE AND ARE ADMIRED FOR THEIR BEAUTY, COMFORT AND EASILY RECOGNIZABLY IN STYLE.

AS A NOTE, THIS MODEL WAS ALSO PRODUCED IN RED JASPER. THIS PIECE IS IN IMPECCABLE PERFECT CONDITION AND WAS RECENTLY RE-STRANDED IN MATCHING SILK.

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