The Retro period was from the late 1930's to the early 1950's and is quite different to that of the earlier Art Deco period, with Retro jewellery often being made in bold designs as well as often in rose gold, both of which features can be seen here in this lovely 18 carat rose gold diamond ring made in the Retro era of the 1940's.
Made in France, the colour of the rose gold has that wonderful warm tone that bot only looks so beautiful on the finger, but doesn't have that excessive strong pink often seen with some of the modern rose gold made today.
Measuring 17mm across by 13.6, the ring has a wonderful bow-tie style and design to it and is set with a 0.12 carat round brilliant cut diamond in the centre.
With a fabulous bold design that will make this ring stand out on the finger, this is a wonderful example of a ring from the equally fabulous Retro era.
Stock# T1061
Circa: 1950
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18 carat rose gold diamond ring made in the Retro era of the 1940's
This ring dates from the Retro period of the 1940's and was made in rose gold which was common for Retro jewellery.
Retro describes jewellery produced between the later part of the 1930’s to the early 1950’s, and also includes World War II. The styles and designs of the Art Deco jewellery still influenced designers in this era.
The retro movement was can be considered to be started by the head of Christie’s jewellery department, Francois Curiel. He named the era for customers who requested jewellery with the Retro look. His realization of this era brought great popularity and prestige to retro jewellery, resulting in the increase in value and price to these designs. Retro jewellery can be easily characterised by large chunky somewhat over the top designs in not only brooches and bracelets but also rings. The use of rose gold was also quite common even in 18ct.
Large gem set brooches with a combination of such stones such as rubies and diamonds in a floral motif where not uncommon.
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