Necklace MASRIERA AND CARRERAS in 18kt yellow gold, emeralds, diamonds and enamels "plique-à-jour".

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  Necklace MASRIERA AND CARRERAS in 18kt yellow gold, emeralds, diamonds and enamels "plique-à-jour". It is a detachable model convertible into a bracelet. Measures: 3 cm (central flower); 12 cm (diameter). Inspired by the floral world, this necklace alternates the decorativeness of plique-à-jour enamels with the beauty of emeralds and the subtlety of old brilliant-cut diamonds. It has a drawer clasp with a tab, a pusher and a safety catch. It comes with its original Masriera and Carreras case. The plique-à-jour technique, French for "letting the light in", is a vitreous enameling technique in which the enamel is applied in cells, similar to cloisonné, but without any backing material on the finished product, so that light can pass through the transparent or translucent material. It is an extremely expensive technique (up to 4 months to produce a piece), with a high failure rate. The silverware and jewelry firm was founded in Barcelona in 1839 by Josep Masriera Vidal. The process of making the pieces, from design to the final polishing, was carried out in the family workshop, which was expanded as demand increased and, with it, production. At the end of the 19th century, the Masriera workshop was already the most important in the city of Barcelona, obtaining the Gold Medal and the Unique Prize awarded by the Associació d'Artífexs en Joieria i Plateria de Barcelona. In 1887 the firm was renamed Masriera y Hermanos, with Josep Masriera Manovens at the helm. At this time the production was extended to jewelry, partly thanks to the recovery of various techniques of enamel processing, and Lluís Masriera Rosés, Josep's son, became the jeweler of Catalan modernism, achieving international renown. In the second decade of the 20th century, the firm left behind the Art Nouveau style in favor of more geometric lines, close to the new Art Deco. In the middle of Noucentisme, in 1915, two of the oldest families of silversmiths and jewelers in Catalonia, the Masriera and Carreras, who had been in business since 1766, merged thanks to the association of Masriera and his brothers with Joaquim Carreras Nolla. The firm Masriera y Carreras was born, focused on the production of Lluís Masriera's designs and the new and booming European Art Deco style. Their participation in the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris in 1925, and in the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona in 1929, meant the definitive international recognition of the firm. In 1985 Masriera y Carreras and Bagués, another of Barcelona's historic firms, joined forces. The Bagués-Masriera firm remains active to this day.
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