2024 deBoulle Presents Art Deco Masterpieces

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Art Deco diamond and platinum strap bracelet by Linzeler & Marchak, Paris, with three oblong sections featuring a central row of principal round brilliant cut diamonds to triangular lappet motifs along either side, pierced pavé set diamond ground, set throughout with old and transition brilliant and single cut diamonds, spaced by baton dividers set with rose cut diamonds, mounted in platinum and white gold, inscribed ‘R.LINZELER & MARCHAK’ and with serial number 1440, French assaymarks for platinum and gold Joseph Marchak set up his own jewelery and goldsmith’s workshop in 1878. By 1913 Marchak was supplying 38 jewelery stores and up-market workshops as well as managing production for his own boutique. He also opened a school for underprivileged children in Kiev where they were taught ironwork, steel-engraving and wood carving. During this year, Alexander Marchak, who had just graduated from Law school in France, returned from his studies to help his father and brothers in the family business. Known as the ‘Cartier of Kiev’ Marchak was employing 150 staff, specializing in enameling and making extraordinary jewels. In 1918 Joseph Marchak dies. After the War, 1920’s Paris was alive again. Designers, craftsmen and jewelers came back from the front. As soon as he arrived in Paris, Alexander Marchak sensed the approach of a new incredible era and

rapidly opened a shop on the famous Rue de la Paix, at number 4, right next to Place Vendôme and the Hotel Ritz Paris. The epicenter of the luxury industry, the Place Vendôme and Rue de la Paix neighborhood already hosted numerous renowned designers, a perfumer, many jewelers, goldsmiths, glove makers, shirt designers as well as hat makers. True to its origins, Marchak’s originality and the quality of its creations set him apart from the others in the Parisian jewelery sphere. The firm rose to prominence during the Art Deco period, creating highly romanticized pieces featuring the favorite themes of birds and sprays of flowers. In 1922 Alexander Marchak launched a collaboration with Robert Linzeler. Their names have become linked with some of the greatest jewels of the Art Deco period. Marchak and Linzeler were one team of only 30 exhibitors who were invited to the Exposition des Arts Decoratifs, where they won the Grand Prix. This was a groundbreaking achievement for the House. However, the partnership broke up shortly after the exhibition. Marchak went on to another Gran Prix, at the Colonial Exhibition in 1931 and exhibited at the International Arts and Techniques in Modern Life fair. In the 1940’s, despite the war, the firm prospered, during which their pieces evolved to reflect changing tastes, shifting from platinum to gold.

Pair of diamond and gold C scroll earrings by Van Cleef & Arpels, New York, of triple C scroll design, pavé set with round brilliant cut diamonds either side of a central yellow gold snakelink section, one of the diamond scrolls extending to overlap at the base, mounted in platinum and 18K gold, signed ‘VAN CLEEF & ARPELS’, ‘serial number ‘N.Y.17498’, approximately 7.0 cts. of diamonds in all.

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