ANGELA CUMMINGS 1981 STUDIOS ABSTRACT SCULPTURAL EARRINGS IN 18 KT GOLD

RARE ABSTRACTS PAIR OF EARRINGS DESIGNED BY ANGELA CUMMINGS.

UNUSUAL AND YOUTHFUL PAIR OF SCULPTURAL EARRINGS, CREATED IN THE 1981 AT THE CUMMINGS STUDIO IN NEW YORK. THIS RARE VINTAGE PIECES ARE HAND CRAFTED IN SOLID 18 KARATS YELLOW GOLD, FINISHED WITH SEMI BRUSHED FROSTED SURFACES.

THEY ARE SUITED AT THE REVERSE WITH COMFORTABLE OMEGA BACKS FOR FASTENING CLIPS. POSTS FOR PIERCED EARS CAN BE EASILY ADDED.

THIS PIECES ARE DESIGNED WITH AN SCULPTURAL ABSTRACTION WITH A REMINISCENT TO THE SCULPTORS JEAN ARP AND AGUSTIN CARDENAS.

Jean Arp

Agustin Cardenas

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

THEY HAVE A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 13.7 Grams AND HAVE A MEASURES OF OF 26 mm (1.02 Inches) BY 14 mm (0.55 Inch). BOTH ARE STAMPED AT THE SIDES WITH THE HALLMARKS "18 K 1981 CUMMINGS.".

AS A NOTE, THIS IS A RARE VINTAGE MODEL, CUFF BRACELETS AND NECKLACES HAS BEEN ALSO PRODUCED IN SILVER AND GOLD WITH THE SAME PATTERN. NOT MANY EXAMPLES IN GOLD WAS MADE.

INVENTORY REF: E0000YOIE/.3293