A Cartier Collier Rhapsodie in 18KT gold, the collar built as a continuous tubogas coil and set across the front with three pavé diamond panels, a wide panel at the centre with a narrower panel to each side.
Tubogas takes its name from the Italian for gas pipe, and is made by winding gold strip around a core without solder, so the finished collar is smooth, flexible and hollow enough to wear comfortably at 49 grams. Cartier and its Italian contemporaries used the technique from the 1930s onward, and it returned to the Cartier catalogue through the 1970s and 1980s.
The necklace retains its original Cartier Paris certificate, numbered 904285 and dated 30 December 1989, issued by the Cartier boutique at 23 Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré in Paris. The matching serial is engraved on the clasp. Supplied with its original Cartier box and outer carton.
Dimensions -
Length: 46 cm
Weight: 49 grams
Specifications -
Maker: Cartier
Model: Collier Rhapsodie
Metal: 18KT gold
Date: 1989
Design: Tubogas collar with three pavé diamond panels
Serial number: 904285, engraved on the clasp
Signed: Cartier
Clasp: Concealed box clasp with figure of eight safety catch
Certificate: Original Cartier Paris certificate dated 30.12.1989
Presentation: Original Cartier box and outer carton
Diamonds -
Cut: Round brilliant
Colour: F to G
Clarity: VS
Setting: Pavé set in three panels across the front
Diamond weights, colours and clarity are careful estimates and are not based on a laboratory certificate.
Condition :
In excellent condition, with minor signs of use.
A Cartier Collier Rhapsodie in 18KT gold, the collar built as a continuous tubogas coil and set across the front with three pavé diamond panels, a wide panel at the centre with a narrower panel to each side.
Tubogas takes its name from the Italian for gas pipe, and is made by winding gold strip around a core without solder, so the finished collar is smooth, flexible and hollow enough to wear comfortably at 49 grams. Cartier and its Italian contemporaries used the technique from the 1930s onward, and it returned to the Cartier catalogue through the 1970s and 1980s.
The necklace retains its original Cartier Paris certificate, numbered 904285 and dated 30 December 1989, issued by the Cartier boutique at 23 Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré in Paris. The matching serial is engraved on the clasp. Supplied with its original Cartier box and outer carton.
Dimensions -
Length: 46 cm
Weight: 49 grams
Specifications -
Maker: Cartier
Model: Collier Rhapsodie
Metal: 18KT gold
Date: 1989
Design: Tubogas collar with three pavé diamond panels
Serial number: 904285, engraved on the clasp
Signed: Cartier
Clasp: Concealed box clasp with figure of eight safety catch
Certificate: Original Cartier Paris certificate dated 30.12.1989
Presentation: Original Cartier box and outer carton
Diamonds -
Cut: Round brilliant
Colour: F to G
Clarity: VS
Setting: Pavé set in three panels across the front
Diamond weights, colours and clarity are careful estimates and are not based on a laboratory certificate.
Condition :
In excellent condition, with minor signs of use.
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