Harry Winston Cluster Pearl Platinum Diamond Necklace

Name: Harry Winston Cluster Pearl Platinum Diamond Necklace
Brand: Harry Winston
Price: 120000 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

This exquisite piece of jewelry is strung with graduated cultured pearls that range in size from 11.1 mm to 17.2 mm, presenting a seamless blend of grandeur and sophistication. These pearls have been carefully selected for their lustrous beauty, round shape, and mirror-like sheen. Their creamy hue is is further accentuated by the radiant luster of the surrounding diamonds. The standout feature of this necklace is undoubtedly its clasp, a cluster of diamonds designed with unmatched craftsmanship. This clasp features an assortment of diamond cuts - round, pear, and marquise - each reflecting light in its unique way, creating a display of lights and shadows that will captivate anyone who gazes upon it. The different shapes of the diamonds interlock in a harmonious and complex design that adds a remarkable depth and visual interest to the necklace. The diamonds have an appx weight of 9.25ct

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2000s

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Feasterville, PA

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1stDibs: LU59020124382

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Among the famed gemstones that Harry Winston (1896–1978) encountered over the course of his career was the Hope diamond, which he donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958. Today, Winston is regarded as the “King of Diamonds” and the “Jeweler to the Stars” as one of the first to recognize the branding power of lending glitzy earrings, necklaces and other fine jewelry for red-carpet events.

Winston’s father had immigrated to New York from Ukraine and ran a small jewelry shop where a young Harry learned about precious stones, enough, the story goes, to identify a real emerald in a heap of pawnshop jewelry at the age of 12. His early success involved turning that eye to estate sale collections that he transformed by freeing gemstones from dated ornamentation, giving them new cuts and modern settings. He opened Harry Winston Inc. in 1932, where he influenced 20th-century-jewelry trends by always elevating the stones rather than adding the lavish decorations that had pervaded jewelry in the 19th century.

The first of the celebrated diamonds to be purchased by Winston was the 726-carat uncut Jonker, acquired in 1935. Many others followed, including the 726.60-carat Vargas from Brazil which, in 1938, he tracked down across multiple continents after he read a brief newspaper notice about its discovery. The rarity and beauty of the gemstones he pursued and presented in his boutiques made the Winston brand synonymous with excellence.

Winston was also a pioneer of marketing as the first jeweler to dress an Academy Awards nominee when he loaned some diamond jewelry to Jennifer Jones for the 1944 Oscar ceremony. Winston was renowned for his eye for the finest of gemstones and the ability to design pieces in order to best flaunt their natural dazzle. He regularly showed off his collection in touring exhibitions, such as the 1949 “Court of Jewels,” which featured the Hope diamond. His storied past and long legacy is continued by the House of Harry Winston and its salons in Japan, the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

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