L ROUVENAT - Lot 125

Lot 125
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L ROUVENAT - Lot 125
L ROUVENAT Set including a bracelet, a pair of earrings and a pendant that can form a brooch. The set is decorated with a shell set with roses and a pearl button in its center in a circle of pearls in a chased and openwork pattern of foliage, the pendants and the pendant adorned with pendants set with pearls. (missing pin on the brooch and a pendant, and a small rose on the bracelet) H. of the pendant : 8 cm H. of the pendants: 6 cm H. of the bracelet : 3,4 cm About 1850/60 A chain in 18k gold 750e with a forcat link is attached. L. : 47 cm Gross weight : 54,12 g Preserved in its case with, the form quantified M.L under crown of count. Stamp with gold L. ROUVENAT Joaillerie Bijouterie 62, R. d'Hauteville Paris. Léon Rouvenat was at the height of his fame in the years 1850 - 1870, in the middle of the Second Empire. His competitors were Boucheron, Fontenay, Mellerio, Massin, Froment Meurice and Alphonse Fouquet. He caused a sensation at the World's Fair where he collected great prizes, medals and prestigious clients. In 1867, the Empress Eugenie bought a magnificent lilac brooch with diamonds. The press is dithyrambic: The reputation of this well known house, dispenses with any comment, it is with him that one must go to seek taste, simplicity, perfect harmony. This did not prevent the house from dying out just before the First World War. Léon Rouvenat was part of the general movement of industrialization in France. He opened a huge workshop with a glass ceiling where gold beater, lapidary, goldsmith, and polisher were brought together. A first! A sort of Aristide Boucicaut of the jewelry industry, he initiated many social measures, such as vetenary funds. He will provide the Empress Eugenie, the King of Prussia, the viceroy of Egypt, the Shah of Persia... (Sandrine Merle, the french jewelry post 07 February 2022)
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