size: 5 Weight: 9.5 grams Material: 18k yellow gold Gemstones: Natural diamonds 2.00ctw, VS clarity, colorless-near colorless Notes from the Curator This pavé dome ring in 18-karat yellow gold exemplifies the bombé silhouette, a design that surged to prominence in the mid-twentieth century as jewelers in Paris and beyond embraced voluminous, sculptural forms for cocktail and dress rings. The bombé style reached peak popularity from the 1920s through the 1960s, and Parisian houses like Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels famously adopted the rounded form for dramatic pavé-set cocktail rings. The two-carat pavé surface here is set in the classic dome configuration, where round brilliant diamonds are laid edge-to-edge across a swelling, three-dimensional canvas; this technique creates continuous sparkle from every angle and transforms the ring into what collectors call wearable sculpture. The name derives from the French *bombé*, meaning bomb-shaped or rounded, a nod to the silhouette's deliberate outward curve and its architectural presence on the hand. Mid-century bombé rings often softened into curvilinear outlines and were dotted or encrusted with gemstones, a tradition this piece honors in full two-carat measure.