the juxtaposed curved tapering forms set with brilliant-cut diamonds, each inset with a square panel of calibré-cut rubies, the scrolled ends similarly decorated.
The two elements that compose the brooch can be detached from their support to be worn as double clips; such jewels reflected the huge popularity for transformable jewellery during the 1920’s and 1930’s, and their elegant forms graced the opposing sides of geometric necklines or facing lapels.
5.8 cm across
The firm Lacloche Frères was established following the death of Jacques Lacloche in 1900, when his remaining brothers went into business together. By the following year, they had settled at 15 Rue de la Paix in Paris. The firm specialised in the finest jewellery and objets de vertu, collaborating with some of the most famous workshops working in Paris. By 1908, they had a total of seven stores across Europe, including a shop on Bond Street in London. In 1917, they acquired the stock of Carl Fabergé’s Bond Street shop when it was forced to close following the Russian Revolution.
The firm also acquired the famous pink Agra diamond in 1904 and were commissioned to make an extraordinary Art Deco diadem which contained the Arcot diamonds for Loelia, Duchess of Westminster, for her wedding in 1930.
