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MID-20TH CENTURY DIAMOND NECKLACE, VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Circular, baguette and pointed baguette-cut diamonds, circa 1950, signed VCA, no. NY39075 12
Cf. Van Cleef & Arpels, Diffusion Paris-Musees, 1992, p. 139, fig. 51 for a necklace of very similar design dated 1950
A set of diamond Van Cleef & Arpels jewels including a necklace of very similar design was given to Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, future Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, upon her marriage in 1953. The Princess wore the central detachble bracelet from the necklace as a tiara, a tradition which her daughters and daughter-in-law continued on the occasions of thier subsequent marriages (cf. V. Meylan, Van Cleef & Arpels Treasures and Legends, Antique Collectors Club, 2011, pp.88-89).