Georg Jensen Wendel Danish Modernist Tourmaline Gold Ring

This French ruby and diamond ring in platinum-topped 18K gold dates from circa 1910. The slender form centers a ruby surrounded by swirlin...

An American Art Deco platinum ring with diamonds and sapphires. The ring has a center old European-cut diamond with an approximate weight of .50 carat flanked by 4 calibre cut sapphi...

Composed of tri-color 18K gold, this modernist bracelet by French jewelry artist Després dates from 1935-1940. It is designed as a series of yellow gold arched, waisted plaques with ...

An American Mid-20th Century 14 karat white gold dress set with diamonds. The dress set has 6 round diamonds with an approximate total weight of .40 carat. The dress set consists of ...

This hammered 18K gold and coral modernist pendant designed and handmade by Jean Després dates from 1930-40. It is designed as hammered rectangular plaque with an asymmetrically set coral cabochon layered over an offset partial rectangular frame, with variously sized bead accents. This appealing sculptural jewel represents Després' playful explorations of form and volume through textures, layers and voids. Product Details: Item #: N-21134 Artist: Després Country: France Circa: 1930-40 Dimensions: 2.00" length x 0.75" width Materials: Coral; 18K Gold Signed: J. Després, maker's mark, French assay marks Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: Despite the artist's near total preoccupation with machinery in modern life, Després' jewelry bears...

Composed of silver, lacquer and reverse painted and engraved crystal, this exceptional ring was a collaboration of two French modernist artists, Després and Cornault. The ring centers a glass crystal prism above a polychrome abstract-design painting in miniature by Cornault, mounted by Després within a silver and black lacquer surround, flanked by stepped and incised chevron form shoulders with subtle dark patination. Uniting an intriguing abstract painting with the geometry of interlocking planes and layered strata, this rare ring is powerful work of painterly and sculptural modernism. Product Details: Item #: R-21132 Artist: J Després and E Cornault Country: France Circa: 1930 Size: 6.75 (this ring can be sized; please contact the gallery for further information) Materials: Glace peinte/Reverse-painted crystal; Black lacquer; Silver Signed: "J. Desprès", "JD" maker's mark, French guarantee stamp for silver. Provenance: Given by the artist to his niece, and by descent in her family. Exhibition History: "Étienne Cournault (1891-1948)" at Musées de la Cour d’Or à Metz, 25 June to 24 October 1994. This ring was presented as number 94 in the exhibition catalogue. Literature: This ring appears in "Jean Després; Jeweller, Maker and Designer of the Machine Age", Thames & Hudson, 2009, by Melissa Gabardi, on p. 197. Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: This important ring is one of a small group of “Bijoux-Glaces” or “Mirror Jewels”. These jewels represent the collaboration between two French Modernist artists, Étienne Cournault (1891-1948) and Jean Després (1889-1980). Cournault was from Lorraine, and had been educated at L’Ecole de Nancy in graphic and applied arts. He was active in Paris as a painter, draughtsman, and print maker in the 1920s. Moreover, he was the premier practitioner of the rarified technique of reverse painting on crystal, which he elevated from a traditional decorative art by creating intriguing miniature paintings of Surrealist and Cubist inspiration. Cournault met Després, an accomplished silversmith who moved in the circle of Modligiani, de Chirico, Braque and Signac, when Jacques Doucet commissioned the artists to complete an ornate metal table...

A sweeping modernist ring, hallmarked and designed by Nanna Ditzel from the Danish silversmithing shop of Georg Jensen in Denmark c. 1940-50. The ring in solid sterling is like a scu...

A Nanna Ditzel for Georg Jensen silver ring, Denmark circa 1968 Designed as an elegant curved and undulating silver sculptural form, this ring sits beautifully on the finger, catching the light when viewed from different angles. Nanna Ditzel (1923 - 2005) was one of Denmark’s most accomplished contemporary designers and the first woman to design for the Georg Jensen Silversmithy in 1954. From 1970 she maintained a design firm and showroom in London, where she displayed furniture...

A fine George Jensen ring. In sterling silver. Model No. 126. Designed by Henning Koppel. Simply a great Jensen ring! Date: 20th Century Ov...

A cat's eye moonstone and 18 karat gold ring, by Vivianna Torun for Georg Jensen, 1960s. The ring is stamped Georg Jensen 18K 750 Torun 915 Denmark. Size 6.50. Vivianna Torun was a...

This is a Fabulous Double Moonstone Ring by Danish artist Georg Jensen. This striking piece is hand crafted in Sterling Silver centering 2 Beautiful oval cabochon Moonstones which re...

Art deco geometric cocktail ring designed by Georg Jensen & Wendel. Gorgeous bold piece, created in Denmark by the jewelry house of Georg Jensen & Wendel, back in the early 1940's. ...