Symbolic & Chase
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Home
  • Current Collection
  • Makers
  • Exhibitions
  • Contact
  • Press
  • About Us
Menu

Current Collection

  • All
  • Bracelets
  • Brooches
  • Cufflinks
  • Curios
  • Earrings
  • Glyptics
  • Micro Mosaics
  • Necklaces
  • Objets d'Art
  • Rings
  • Watches
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: MARZO, A pair of flexible diamond ear pendants, circa 1925
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: MARZO, A pair of flexible diamond ear pendants, circa 1925
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: MARZO, A pair of flexible diamond ear pendants, circa 1925

MARZO

A pair of flexible diamond ear pendants, circa 1925
€ 250,000.00
Enquire
%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22artist%22%3EMARZO%3C/div%3E

Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Thumbnail of additional image
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Thumbnail of additional image
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Thumbnail of additional image
  • A pair of flexible diamond ear pendants
Each designed as a stylised chandelier, composed of triangular-shaped diamonds, delicately-set with a bare-minimum of platinum, arranged to form geometric shapes, embellished with lines of baguette diamonds, circa 1925, French...
Read more
Each designed as a stylised chandelier, composed of triangular-shaped diamonds, delicately-set with a bare-minimum of platinum, arranged to form geometric shapes, embellished with lines of baguette diamonds, circa 1925, French assay marks for platinum, illegible maker's mark, unsigned, presented by Marzo Paris at L'Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in 1925. Total length of earring 8cm. Weight 7.4 grams each.

Note: Whilst echoes of the proportions and style of these earrings can be found in the designs of the famous Parisian jewellery houses during the 1920s, these earrings are incredibly avant-garde for their period. 'Fancy-cuts' were new to the beginning of the 20th Century and being explored by a few houses by the mid 1920s, most obviously by Mauboussin, Van Cleef & Arpels, Lacloche Frères and Janesich, but no other example of their exclusive use can be found. The other surprising element is the setting of these stones, which are set in a revolutionary way, with a seeming lack of metal holding the central diamonds in place. This is a concept that was perfected around 1930 when a few of the large Parisian jewellery houses vied for the claim to have invented mystery or invisible settings for stones.

In spirit, these earrings are a marriage of the Edwardian delicacy and love of centrally-placed swing-set designs using minimal metalwork, and the geometry that would so dominate the 1930s and symbolise what we now call Art Deco. They are the issue of a feverishly productive and innovative period in French craftsmanship and design, one that we still idolise and feels surprisingly relevant today.
Close full details

Provenance

Julia Herrera y Herrera, V Condesa de la Mortera and I Duquesa de Maura (1884 - 1968)

Maria del Carmen Maura y Herrera, XX Duquesa de Medina Sidonia (1906-1946)

Thence by descent



Share
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Email
Previous
|
Next
42 
of  237
Related artworks
  • MAYNIER ET PINÇON, A pair of coral, enamel and diamond ear pendants, 1920 - 1925
    MAYNIER ET PINÇON, A pair of coral, enamel and diamond ear pendants, 1920 - 1925€ 84,000.00
  • *, A pair of Art Déco cabochon ruby and diamond chandelier earrings, 1925
    *, A pair of Art Déco cabochon ruby and diamond chandelier earrings, 1925€ 192,000.00
Privacy Policy
Cookie Policy
Manage cookies
Copyright 2025 s-c.com
Site by Artlogic

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Find out more about cookies.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences
Close

Join our mailing list

Signup