ANGELA CUMMINGS FOR TIFFANY & CO. 18 KT GEOMETRIC TWISTED CUFF WITH BLACK JADE

VERY 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. INDIVIDUALLY MADE PIECE BY PIECE AT THE TIFFANY STUDIOS 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 39 TRAPEZOIDAL CARVINGS OF POLISHED NATURAL BLACK JADE. 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 36.3 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 HONG KONG .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 IMPECCABLE CONDITION WITH A GREAT PATINA. THE ANGELA CUMMINGS JEWELRY PIECES ARE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE AND THEY ARE A REMARK IN THE AMERICAN JEWELRY TRADITION.

INVENTORY REF: B0000EENN/8749