Designed as three gentling tapering lines of rectangular-shaped step-cut diamonds, embellished with three sections of stylised buckle inspiration composed of a central rectangular-shaped step-cut stone, flanked either side by a smaller example, rejoining the subsequent line with a calibré-cut diamond-set link, 1930s, mounted in platinum, numbered by unsigned, probably American. Total length: 17.5cmsoximate total diamond weight 25 carats.

This bracelet is a lovely example of the wonderful workmanship from this period in America, who took its fashion nods from Paris but interpreted these nods with gestures that were unmistakably American. In this instance it makes for a classic bracelet that has just enough individualistic style to make it extraordinary... which may well be the truest definition of chic ...