TIFFANY & CO. 1970'S ANGELA CUMMINGS LENTIL EARRINGS IN 18 KT WITH JADE AND OPAL
EARRINGS DESIGNED BY ANGELA CUMMINGS FOR TIFFANY & CO.
THIS UNUSUAL POSITIVE & NEGATIVE EARRINGS WAS PART OF A TIFFANY & CO. COLLECTION FROM THE PERIOD OF 1975 TO 1977. WAS NAMED BY CUMMINGS, THE LENTILS AND THEY ARE HAND CRAFTED IN 18 KARATS YELLOW GOLD, DISPLAYING TWO ROUND CARVINGS OF NATURAL BLACK JADE WITH INLAIDS OF NATURAL AUSTRALIAN OPAL .
SUITED WITH OMEGA BACKS FOR FASTENING CLIPS.
THE WEIGHT OF THIS PAIR IS 9.1 Grams AND HAVE A DIAMETER OF 18.5 mm.
STAMPED WITH FOUR CARTOUCHE HALLMARKS; "T & CO.", "C", "18 KT"
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 VERY NICE AND RARE COLLECTOR'S PIECE, BOTH HER SIGNED PIECES FOR TIFFANY & CO. CREATED IN 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.
INVENTORY REF: E0000ANTA/.2187
