ANGELA CUMMINGS 1985 STUDIOS RARE18 KT GOLD EARRINGS WITH AGATE GEMSTONES
FABULOUS AND UNUSUAL PAIR OF EARRINGS DESIGNED BY ANGELA CUMMINGS.
AN EXTREMELY RARE SQUARED VINTAGE PAIR OF EARRINGS CREATED IN THE 1985 BY ANGELA CUMMINGS AT HER OWN STUDIOS IN NEW YORK CITY.
THE DESIGN IS BASED IN THE CONCEPT OF CORN SEEDS. THE ENTIRE SURFACE IS EMBELLISHED WITH AN INTRICATE PATTERN SIMULATING A COB. THE COLOR EFFECT IS CREATED WITH THE SETTING OF MULTIPLES CABOCHONS CUTS, CARVED OF NATURAL AGATES IN ALL THEIR COLOR VARIATIONS, CITRINES AND SMOKEY QUARTZ.
THIS PIECE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE RICH RED-ORANGE PATINA THAT REINFORCE THE CONCEPT OF THE CORN COB.
THEY ARE TOTALLY HAND CRAFTED IN SOLID 18 KT OF HIGH POLISHED YELLOW GOLD AND SUITED WITH COMFORTABLE OMEGA BACKS FOR FASTENING CLIPS. THE OPTIONAL POSTS FOR PIERCED EARS CAN BE EASILY ADDED.
THE WEIGHT OF THIS PAIR IS 30.8 Grams AND THE MEASURES ARE 26 mm (1.03 Inches) BY 23 mm (0.9 Inches).
STAMPED AT THE REVERSE WITH THE HALLMARKS "ANGELA CUMMINGS C. .750".
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.
A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL PIECE OF JEWELRY AND A VERY RARE COLLECTOR'S PIECE. BOTH HER SIGNED PIECES FOR TIFFANY & CO. CREATED BETWEEN 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, WE CANNOT TRACK ANY OTHER SIMILAR PIECES TO THIS, THEY ARE IN IMPECCABLE PERFECT CONDITION. THEY ARE GORGEOUS AND MOST PROBABLY, AN UNIQUE, ONE OF A KIND PAIR OR JUST only A FEW PRODUCED.
THIS PAIR WAS RETAILED IN NYC BACK IN THE 1986, AT THE CUMMINGS BOUTIQUE. LOCATED IN BERGDORF GOODMAN. THE VINTAGE DESIGNER VELVET POUCH ACCOMPANIED THIS PIECES.
INVENTORY REF: E0000ASNN/.7403
