Gold and Platinum Earrings with Diamond and Tourmaline by John Rubel

A pair of American Retro 18 karat gold and platinum earrings with diamonds and tourmalines by John Rubel. The abstract leaf form earrings are set with 2 rectangular-cut green tourmalines with an approximate total weight of 9.50 carats, The curling fronds are further accented by 26 single-cut diamonds with an approximate total weight of .78 carats. Famous for their superb ballerina and dancer brooches, the firm of John Rubel had a long history of collaborating with Van Cleef & Arpels, both in Paris and New York. The two firms'' shared designer, Maurice Duvalet, was a French artist who, according to Maurice Galle, "brought chic to everything he touched." These abstract floral earclips represent the Rubel brothers'' love of all manner of flowers. As Penny Proddow noted in American Jewelry: Glamor and Tradition, "Even their simplest jewelry was sculptural."