TIFFANY & CO BY ANGELA CUMMINGS 18 KT ALLURE BANGLE WITH BLACK JADE
A RARE BRACELET BANGLE DESIGNED BY ANGELA CUMMINGS FOR TIFFANY & CO.
A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE BANGLE BRACELET, CONCEIVED BY THE GENIUS WOMAN JEWELER, ANGELA CUMMINGS. THIS ART PIECE IS PART OF THE ALLURE COLLECTION, CREATED IN THE 1970'S AT THE TIFFANY ATELIER IN NEW YORK CITY. REALLY AN ARTISTIC AND SCULPTURAL PIECE, TOTALLY HAND CRAFTED.
CREATED IN SOLID 18 KARATS OF HIGH POLISHED YELLOW GOLD AND EMBELLISHED WITH 28 FREE-FORMS CARVINGS OF NATURAL BLACK JADE. ALL GEMSTONES ARE INLAID IN THE GOLD CREATING A MOSAIC PATTERN.
SUITED WITH AN INVISIBLE HINGE, A PUSH LOCK AND AN INTERNAL DISCREET SLASH FOR EXTRA SECURITY.
THIS BRACELET HAVE A MASSIVE BOLD LOOK WITH A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 76.7 Grams. THE INSIDE CIRCUMFERENCE IS 6.5 INCHES AND THE WIDTH MEASURE IS 15 mm (0.60 Inches). FIT A WRIST UP TO 7 INCHES.
STAMPED WITH THE HALLMARKS; "TIFFANY & CO. 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 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.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: TIFFANY & CO. BLUE CATALOG 1977-1978 Pp-25
AS A NOTE, ALL PIECES FROM THIS COLLECTION WERE CREATED AS UNIQUE PIECES, WITH DIFFERENT PATTERNS. ALL BRACELETS ARE SIMILAR, BUT NO ONE IS ALIKE THE OTHER. THE PLACING COMPOSITION AND THE SHAPE OF THE GEMSTONES HAVE SOME VARIATIONS GIVING THE UNIQUENESS TO EACH ONE. THIS PIECE IS IN PERFECT AND IMPECCABLE CONDITION.
INVENTORY REF: B0000ISNN/1.843