Designed as a starfish interlaced with polished gold seaweed, pavé-set with brilliant-cut diamonds and centring a similarly shaped diamond.
Kristie Couser, Jean Schlumberger - The Rachel Lamber Mellon Collection from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, New Haven, 2018, p. 40 for an identical brooch dated to 1956.
Chantal Bizot, Marie-Noël de Gary and Évelyne Possémé, The Jewels of Jean Schlumberger, Paris, 1995, p. 24 no. 28 for brooch of identical design dated to 1959.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Dr. Sylvain Cordier, Head of Department at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, for his contribution to the expertise of the Jean Schlumberger pieces.