Simplicity is Elegance
A sapphire & diamond brooch
An iconic Van Cleef & Arpels flower, Cosmos™, formed using the technique they refined – serti mystérieux. Mystery setting in English – with no visible support for the stones. Here employing finest Burmese sapphires and diamonds.
This superb piece shows what can be achieved with creative collaboration – here designer George Paulding Farnham, gemmologist George Frederick Kunz and Tiffany & Co’s craftsmen. Indeed, this brooch was specifically made to celebrate the skills and resources of the United States of America. It was presented to the world at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900, an exhibition to celebrate the achievements of the previous century and to inspire developments in new one. Not surprisingly the brooch won Tiffany & Co a gold medal.