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Angela Cummings for Tiffany & Co. Bangle Bracelet
$31,500
Dating from circa 1982-1983, this Angela Cummings for Tiffany & Co. bangle bracelet is composed of 18K gold, black jade, and opal. The hinged form is inlaid over the bombé surface with alternating oblong black jade and opal tablets in a graduating patchwork pattern, all flush to to curved surface. Sleek and understated yet exhibiting virtuoso technique, this bracelet of clean lines highlights contrasting deep black jade and the pyrotechnic spectral phenomenon of precious opal.
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Item #: BA-21559
Artist: Angela Cummings for Tiffany & Co.
Country: United States
Circa: c. 1982-1983
Materials: Opal; Black jade; 18K Gold
Signed: TIFFANY & CO. C 750
Literature: A collection of jewelry inlaid with hematite, black jade, and opal, described as "nocturnal designs," includes similar earrings of black jade, opal, and 18K gold. See the Blue Book, Tiffany & Co., 1982-1983, p. 9.
A classically trained artist of Austrian background, Angela Cummings had studied goldsmithing and gemology in Hanau, Germany. There, she would have learned about the traditions of hardstone artisans in Idar-Oberstein, an important historical center of the craft. Her pioneering inlaid gem and hardstone jewelry of the early 1980s applied centuries old techniques in the service of clean lines, abstraction and pared down forms.