#object of art

[sanshu-seiso]

Q-Blue Bullet Train

Experimental Drum & Bass.

[tiarascrowns]

Gold & Gem Set Belts

"GOLD, GEM SET AND DIAMOND CEREMONIAL BELT AND A GOLD CEREMONIAL BELT, INDIA, CIRCA 1900

One composed of three motifs set with cushion-shaped, circular-cut and oval emeralds and rubies, highlighted throughout with circular-cut diamonds, shortest length approximately 520mm, expandable to approximately 570, 620, 670 and 720mm, and the other of floral and foliate design, shortest length approximately 620mm, expandable to approximately 640, 670, 700 and 730mm, numbered."

- Sotheby's

[tiarascrowns]

Henry Dunay | Gold, Diamond and Simulated Diamond 'Lachrymosa' Mask

Property from the Collection of a Connoisseur

Henry Dunay

Gold, Diamond and Simulated Diamond 'Lachrymosa' Mask

Of foliate design, set with numerous round diamonds, further decorated with round, oval, pear and marquise-shaped simulated diamonds, highlighted by a gold teardrop, gross weight approximately 356 dwts, mask and handle signed Henry Dunay, numbered IA2102 and 16911; dated 1993.

In the early 1990s, New York jewelry designer Henry Dunay was tapped to design a mask that would be sold to benefit the American Foundation for AIDS Research. Well-known for his striking and dramatic creations, Dunay allowed himself eight months to craft a piece he deemed worthy of amfAR’s mission. The result is the piece offered here, aptly named The Lachrymosa in reference to the many tears shed over the global scourge of AIDS.

In 1993, Elizabeth Taylor donned the mask at an amfAR charity event. The mask  reappeared in 2009 at the Antwerp Diamond Museum’s “Diamond Divas” exhibition, celebrating famous jewelry-loving women. It is believed that the mask was sold that same year, when Dunay closed his doors after over 50 years of business. Reportedly set with over 130 carats of diamonds, the mask was lauded by Dunay as something that “would be ideal…at the Smithsonian, saying what it was made for and why it was made.” At some point along its journey, the larger diamonds were replaced with simulants, but the dramatic power of Dunay’s original creation remains.

Sotheby's

[sanshu-seiso]

H-Frenzy

Experimental Hard Rock.

[marinadiehllage]

Detalhes

Marina Diehl, Livro objeto, 2018.

[marinadiehllage]

Marina Diehl, Livro Objeto, 2018.

[thetalks]

My definition of a high quality book is that it is an object of art.

Gerhard Steidl