A Belle Époque diamond bow brooch, by Cartier, circa 1905


The black velvet ribbon bow set with old brilliant-cut diamond edging, accents and central knot, suspending two highly articulated similarly-cut diamond tassels with floral clusters, millegrain detail throughout, mounted in platinum, one diamond deficient, signed Cartier Paris, Londres, New York, numbered 7021, French assay marks, length 7.7cm, width 5.0cm
|For a similar example of a garland-style bow brooch with velvet by Cartier see Storelli, Delphine (Ed.), 'The Cartier Collection, Jewelry', Flammarion, Paris, 2004, p. 48.