French Retro Tubogas Necklace
Regular price
$22,500
Created in the late 1930s to early 1940s, this Retro 18K gold and diamond tubogas necklace was made in France. The necklace is designed as a tapering tubogas link chain mounted with a polished domed center flanked by concave crescents, highlighted by star-set round-cut diamonds. Inspired by the forms of industry, this jewel is a streamlined representative of early French jewelry modernism and its return to gold.
Item #: N-21994
Country: France
Circa: Late 1930s–early 1940s
Dimensions: 15.50" length.
Materials: 20 round cut diamonds (approximate total weight 1.5 carats); 18K Gold; Platinum
Gram Weight: 74 g.
Signed: French assay marks, maker's mark RT
Item #: N-21994
Country: France
Circa: Late 1930s–early 1940s
Dimensions: 15.50" length.
Materials: 20 round cut diamonds (approximate total weight 1.5 carats); 18K Gold; Platinum
Gram Weight: 74 g.
Signed: French assay marks, maker's mark RT
In the early 1930s, Parisian high jewelers made a bold return to gold. Many of the famous maison offered astonishingly original necklaces and bracelets of "tubogas" or "tuyau à gaz", a novel, highly flexible gold chain derived from industrial forms relating to the combustion engine. One commentator noted that the aesthetic of the decade had "an air of syncopated jazz" inspired by a sensational song and dance routine called "Lambeth Walk" which featured in the popular London musical "My Girl and Me".
In the early 1930s, Parisian high jewelers made a bold return to gold. Many of the famous maison offered astonishingly original necklaces and bracelets of "tubogas" or "tuyau à gaz", a novel, highly flexible gold chain derived from industrial forms relating to the combustion engine. One commentator noted that the aesthetic of the decade had "an air of syncopated jazz" inspired by a sensational song and dance routine called "Lambeth Walk" which featured in the popular London musical "My Girl and Me".
