Flora Aurea

Flora Aurea

Gold necklace, Art Nouveau, around 1900

CHF 8.800,00 (Incl. VAT)

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Flora Aurea

Gold necklace, Art Nouveau, around 1900

CHF 8.800,00 (Incl. VAT)

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MATERIAL

Finely crafted necklace in 18K (750) yellow gold, composed of five finely engraved, partly openwork rose motif elements arranged in a graduated design (engravings integrated into the casting), each of the five elements is finished with a pearl pendant, all elements are connected by a barleycorn chain with small round anchor links between the segments (chain extended), handmade

MARK

Likely a French hallmark

SIZE AND WEIGHT

Weight 25 g

CONDITION

Very good

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

Accompanied by a Lohri certificate

Reference-Number

FAC102

Art Nouveau

(1880 to 1910)

Immortalizing mortality

Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) was an attempt to respond to the human desire for beauty and security in times of soulless mechanization. Even though this era only existed for a brief moment, it had a lasting impact on the world of jewellery. Soft colours and flowing, organic designs such as blossoms, leaves, insects and beetles define the Art Nouveau pieces. The transience of life is captured by depicting, for instance, the sprouting, blossoming and withering of plants. The phantom and mythological worlds are also portrayed, leaving the beholder of these pieces with a melancholic feeling about the transience of earthly things.

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