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MAGNIFICENT DIAMOND NECKLACE
The tapering band designed as a series of pear and marquise-cut diamond cluster links, each enhanced by a circular-cut diamond, the three largest weighing approximately 5.31, 4.92 and 3.89 cts., mounted in platinum (may be shortened or worn as two bracelets)--16¼ ins. long
With maker's mark for Winston
Total weight of remaining diamonds approximately 154.59 cts.
The tapering band designed as a series of pear and marquise-cut diamond cluster links, each enhanced by a circular-cut diamond, the three largest weighing approximately 5.31, 4.92 and 3.89 cts., mounted in platinum (may be shortened or worn as two bracelets)--16¼ ins. long
With maker's mark for Winston
Total weight of remaining diamonds approximately 154.59 cts.
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Formerly the Property of Caroline Ryan Foulke
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In October of 1986 Christie's New York auctioned a Magnificent Selection of Diamond Jewelry: The Property of Caroline Ryan Foulke. The final lot of that spectacular collection was this magnificent diamond necklace by Harry Winston, which sold for $902,000.
Carolyn Ryan Foulke was the granddaughter of Thomas Fortune Ryan, the financier extraordinaire. He acquired his billion dollar fortune primarily through his consolidation of the New York railway system, which predates today's subways. Yet, he had numerous other business ventures, one of the most glamorous being that the largest individual owner of the Congo Diamond Fields after the turn-of-the century.
This explains his granddaughter's interest in diamonds and the family relationship with the jeweler Harry Winston, "The King of Diamonds". Harry Winston revolutionized diamond jewelry by creating a style of setting, in which the stone was given its due importance. This necklace is the epitome of his revolutionary design. The diamonds form their own design leaving the metal almost invisible. The fine platinum wire setting, while structurally very important, can hardly be seen and the diamonds appear to be floating. This necklace transcends the fickle fads of fashion and remains as timeless and desirable today as in the 1960's when it was first worn by Caroline Ryan Foulke and, subsequently, by the elegant Joanne Toor Cummings.
A drawing for this necklace appears in the book Harry Winston The Ultimate Jeweler by Laurence S. Krashes New York: Harry Winston, Inc. and the Gemological Institute of America, 1988 on page 193.
Carolyn Ryan Foulke was the granddaughter of Thomas Fortune Ryan, the financier extraordinaire. He acquired his billion dollar fortune primarily through his consolidation of the New York railway system, which predates today's subways. Yet, he had numerous other business ventures, one of the most glamorous being that the largest individual owner of the Congo Diamond Fields after the turn-of-the century.
This explains his granddaughter's interest in diamonds and the family relationship with the jeweler Harry Winston, "The King of Diamonds". Harry Winston revolutionized diamond jewelry by creating a style of setting, in which the stone was given its due importance. This necklace is the epitome of his revolutionary design. The diamonds form their own design leaving the metal almost invisible. The fine platinum wire setting, while structurally very important, can hardly be seen and the diamonds appear to be floating. This necklace transcends the fickle fads of fashion and remains as timeless and desirable today as in the 1960's when it was first worn by Caroline Ryan Foulke and, subsequently, by the elegant Joanne Toor Cummings.
A drawing for this necklace appears in the book Harry Winston The Ultimate Jeweler by Laurence S. Krashes New York: Harry Winston, Inc. and the Gemological Institute of America, 1988 on page 193.