Van Cleef & Arpels Gold Cylinder-Style Cuff Links

This handsome pair of gold cuff links by Van Cleef & Arpels New York typify American mid-20th century jewelry design. The streamlined aesthetic simplifies the form to its most functional elements: a classic double-cylinder design with hinged terminals to ease placement in the cuff. The subtly gleaming ridged surfaces are a marvelously tactile exemplar of Mid-Century Modernism’s elegant expressionism.