EXQUISITE ART DECO CABOCHON SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND BRACELET Designed as a flexible pavé-set diamond band, enhanced by three cabochon sapphires weighing 12.88, 8.91 and 6.43 cts. and twenty old mine and old European-cut diamonds weighing approximately 9.71 cts., with buff-top-cut sapphire accents, mounted in platinum, circa 1929--7 in. long Provenance Formerly from the collection of Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer Exquisite design, a distinguished provenance, and the signature of a prestigious maker are three critical ingredients that come together to make this a very special bracelet. Specially designed for Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer, it was made in 1929 by Cartier, utilizing three cabochon sapphires and several diamonds that had been disassembled from the client's previously owned bracelet. Mrs. Pulitzer was the wife of Ralph, the eldest son of the journalist magnate, Joseph Pulitzer, who was instrumental in transforming newspaper reporting in this country. Beginning as a reporter for a small St. Louis newspaper, Joseph Pulitzer went on to merge the city's two daily papers, the "Dispatch" and the "Post". He subsequently purchased the New York "World", turning it into the leading voice of the Democratic Party. Pulitzer waged battles against political corruption, introduced investigative reporting, and changed the scope of his newspapers from a vehicle providing only information to one that also offered entertainment by presenting comics, sports, women's fashion, and illustrations. In his will, he endowed the Columbia University School of Journalism, which opened in 1912, and established the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes, awarded annually since 1917 for excellence in journalistic, historical, musical and dramatic work. His son, Ralph, went to work at the "World" after graduation from Harvard, becoming president of the newspaper after his father's death. This bracelet is a superb example of the rectilinear Art Deco style with its use of round and baguette-cut gemstones while the abstract patterns on either side of the sapphires are derived from the architecture of ancient civilizations, such as Babylonian ziggurats and Mayan and Incan temples. The geometric link design is similar to bracelets Cartier displayed in their exhibit at the 1925 Exposition des Art Decoratifs et Industriels in Paris.
EXQUISITE ART DECO CABOCHON SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND BRACELET Designed as a flexible pavé-set diamond band, enhanced by three cabochon sapphires weighing 12.88, 8.91 and 6.43 cts. and twenty old mine and old European-cut diamonds weighing approximately 9.71 cts., with buff-top-cut sapphire accents, mounted in platinum, circa 1929--7 in. long Provenance Formerly from the collection of Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer Exquisite design, a distinguished provenance, and the signature of a prestigious maker are three critical ingredients that come together to make this a very special bracelet. Specially designed for Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer, it was made in 1929 by Cartier, utilizing three cabochon sapphires and several diamonds that had been disassembled from the client's previously owned bracelet. Mrs. Pulitzer was the wife of Ralph, the eldest son of the journalist magnate, Joseph Pulitzer, who was instrumental in transforming newspaper reporting in this country. Beginning as a reporter for a small St. Louis newspaper, Joseph Pulitzer went on to merge the city's two daily papers, the "Dispatch" and the "Post". He subsequently purchased the New York "World", turning it into the leading voice of the Democratic Party. Pulitzer waged battles against political corruption, introduced investigative reporting, and changed the scope of his newspapers from a vehicle providing only information to one that also offered entertainment by presenting comics, sports, women's fashion, and illustrations. In his will, he endowed the Columbia University School of Journalism, which opened in 1912, and established the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes, awarded annually since 1917 for excellence in journalistic, historical, musical and dramatic work. His son, Ralph, went to work at the "World" after graduation from Harvard, becoming president of the newspaper after his father's death. This bracelet is a superb example of the rectilinear Art Deco style with its use of round and baguette-cut gemstones while the abstract patterns on either side of the sapphires are derived from the architecture of ancient civilizations, such as Babylonian ziggurats and Mayan and Incan temples. The geometric link design is similar to bracelets Cartier displayed in their exhibit at the 1925 Exposition des Art Decoratifs et Industriels in Paris.
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