AN ART DECO DIAMOND AND ONYX BAR BROOCH, BY JANESICH, CIRCA 1925

The central row of calibré-cut onyx within a millegrain rose-cut diamond surround, with three intersecting openwork circlets of...

AN ART DECO DIAMOND AND ONYX BAR BROOCH, BY JANESICH, CIRCA 1925

The central row of calibré-cut onyx within a millegrain rose-cut diamond surround, with three intersecting openwork circlets of either rose-cut diamonds or calibré-cut onyx, mounted in platinum, signed Janesich Paris, French assay marks, length 6.8cm

 

The fine jewellery House of Janesich was founded in 1835 by Leopoldo Janesich, in Trieste, where they established an international clientele. For more than a century and a half the House of Janesich has been the life and soul of prestigious goldsmiths art activity, developed in many countries and through generations.

Around 1913, the house opened up on Rue de la Paix between Tiffany and Cartier in Paris and another branch in Monte Carlo. Subsequent stores were opened in Biarritz, London, Monte Carlo and Vichy drawing eminent clients as the Archduke of Austria and King Nicholas of Montenegro.

After Leopolds passing in 1880, his son Giovanni started trading gems and pearls with other jewellery houses such as Bulgari, Vever, Boucheron and Chaumet. Post WW1, the Janesich style became decidedly Art Deco, in keeping with the great fashion of the 1920s and 30s. At present the family tradition is being continued by Francesco Janesich, the sixth heir to a jewellers family, in Trieste, Italy.

 

 

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