French Art Deco Emerald and Diamond Earrings

Created in the 1920s by a Parisian jeweler, Henri Muès, these platinum Art Deco earrings are set with diamonds and emeralds. Each is designed as a old mine-cut diamond top with two articulated lines of diamonds suspending a pavé-set diamond circle framed by calibré-cut emeralds, millegrain accents throughout. Light and delicate, these French Art Deco earrings are imbued with sparkle and movement.

Dimensions: 1.00" length, 0.25" width.
Materials: 44 old mine, old European and old single-cut diamonds (approximate total weight 2.26 carats); 52 calibre-cut emeralds (approximate total weight 1.30 carats); Platinum
Gram Weight: 6.2
Signed: Maker's marks for Henri Muès, Paris, French assay marks

Art Deco earrings of the early 1920s retained the delicacy of the earlier Edwardian models, with their chandelier forms and cascades of flexibly-set diamonds. Calibré-cut colored stones employed as graphic accents to emphasize strong lines became popular throughout the 1920s, when bold color and pure geometry became the reigning style.