VAN CLEEF & ARPELS - 1930S RARE RED JASPER... Lot 47

VAN CLEEF & ARPELS - 1930S RARE RED JASPER "TARGET" CLIP It is surmounted by a red jasper fin on a black enamelled target and underlined by brilliant-cut diamonds (TA). Mounted in 18K yellow gold and platinum. French work signed Van Cleef and Arpels and numbered. Gross weight : 17,77 gr. Dimensions : 6,4 x 1,8 cm. - THE MODERNIST TARGET OF VAN CLEEF & ARPELS "In 1931, Van Cleef & Arpels participated in the Colonial Exhibition, which took place in the Bois de Vincennes. in the Bois de Vincennes. France was then in the midst of an economic slump after the crisis of 1929. The jewelry section brings together twenty-three jewelers jewelers who present jewelry inspired by African and Oriental art, made in exotic materials. Van Cleef & Arpels unveils the Chinese Hat gold set and a necklace made of ivory balls engraved with coral balls. The sets reproduced in the press show a resolutely modern party, even constructivist, with sharp colors, different geometric shapes associated and even associated and even intertwined. The few sets of this type that have come down to us testify to this particular jewelry, quite different from the jewelry proposed by the house." Van Cleef & Arpels, Museum of Decorative Arts, The Art of High Jewelry p.42 - - A red jasper, enamel, diamond, platinum and 18K yellow gold clip by VAN CLEEF & ARPELS, circa 1930. French assay mark. Signed and numbered. Gross weight : 17,77 gr. Dimensions : 6,4 x 1,8 cm. - Van Cleef & Arpels: The Modernist Target/Objective In 1931, the Maison Van Cleef & Arpels participated in the "Exposition Coloniale" which was taking place in the Bois de Vincennes. France was then in a context of economical hardship after the 1929 crisis. The jewelry section had gathered twenty-three jewellers who created pieces inspired from African and Eastern crafts and made from exotic materials. Van Cleef and Arpels revealed a yellow gold jewelry set called "Chapeau Chinois" and a coral and ivory necklace. The sets printed in the press show a modern take, almost constructivist, with high contrasted colors and various geometrical shapes combined and interlinked. The few sets that reached us bear witness of this special type of jewelry, somewhat atypical to the style we were used to seing from Van Cleef & Arpels.