Rare Wing Booch in platinum, diamonds and blue enamel attributable to Chaumet

MATERIAL: platinum, diamonds and blue enamel DESCRIPTION: rare brooch made as a long wing entirely embellished with old cut diamonds and blue enamel inserts in imitation of feathers, transformed into a brooch in later times MEASUREMENTS: cm 9 x 3 h WEIGHT: diamonds ct 7.50, color G-H, clarity VS-SI, gr 27.1 A similar piece is owned by the Maison Chaumet that conceived, designed and made a Winged Tiara for Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt, wife of Harry Payne Whitney. The theme of the Winged Tiara was audacious in the Parisian Belle Epoque, considering that the tiara could be disassembled and transformed into a brooch. A student of Rodin, Gertrude Vanderbilt was a sculptor and collector. She founded Vogue and the Whitney Museum in New York. Chaumet bought back this jewel along with its history on May 20, 1910. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)