ANGELA CUMMINGS STUDIOS 18 KT GOLD TROMPE L'OEIL EARRINGS WITH JADE & NACRE
FABULOUS GEOMETRIC PAIR OF EARRINGS DESIGNED BY ANGELA CUMMINGS.
A VINTAGE OP-ART PAIR OF EARRINGS, CREATED BY ANGELA CUMMINGS. MADE AT HER OWN STUDIOS IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE EARLY 1980'S.
THIS HEXAGONAL DESIGN IS REALIZED WITH A TROMPE L'OEIL EFFECT, CREATING AN UNUSUAL TRI-DIMENSIONAL VIEW OF A GEOMETRIC CUBE FORM.
THE PANELS ARE EMBELLISHED WITH CARVINGS OF NATURAL BLACK JADE AND WHITE NACRE.
THEY ARE TOTALLY HAND CRAFTED IN SOLID 18 KT OF YELLOW GOLD. SUITED WITH COMFORTABLE POSTS FOR PIERCED EARS AND OMEGA BACKS FOR FASTENING CLIPS.
THE WEIGHT OF THIS PAIR IS 18.4 Grams AND THE MEASURES ARE 25 mm (1 Inch) BY 25 mm (1 Inch).
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.
AN 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.
THIS PAIR IS IN PERFECT CONDITION.
INVENTORY REF: E0000MAOO/.4423
