ANGELA CUMMINGS 1970 FOR TIFFANY & CO. RARE 18 KT HOOP EARRINGS WITH BLACK JADE

VERY RARE VINTAGE HOOP EARRINGS DESIGNED BY ANGELA CUMMINGS FOR TIFFANY & CO. 

THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY EARLY WEARABLE SCULPTURAL PIECES DESIGNED BY ANGELA CUMMINGS. JUST A FEW PIECES HAS BEEN CREATED DURING THE 1970'S AND THEY WAS INDIVIDUALLY ASSEMBLED 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 FOR PIERCED EARS.

DESIGNED AS A CIRCULAR TWISTED GEOMETRIC PIECES AND EMBELLISHED WITH 46 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 PAIR IS 22.3 Grams. HAVE A DIAMETER OF 32 mm (1.26 Inches) AND A WIDTH MEASURE OF 7 mm (0.28 Inch).

IS STAMPED WITH THREE CARTOUCHE HALLMARKS, "TIFFANY & 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, 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.

AS A NOTE, WE CANNOT TRACK ANY OTHER EARRING FROM THIS COLLECTION. SIMILAR BRACELETS HAS BEEN ALSO CREATED WITH HEMATITE, BLUE LAPIS LAZULI AND BLACK JADE

ALL ANGELA CUMMINGS JEWELRY PIECES ARE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE AND THEY ARE A REMARK IN THE AMERICAN JEWELRY TRADITION.

INVENTORY REF: E0000EENN/.8749