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Record 1 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A traditional fancy shape made up of two arcs of the same radius meeting at symmetrical pointed ends and having a pointed culet.

OBS

[An] elongated, boat-shaped brilliant cut with curving sides and pointed ends, developed in France in the 1740s. Believed to have been named after the Marquise de Pompadour, a mistress of King Louis XV.

OBS

The word marquise is preferred in the diamond trade; navette and boat shaped in the colored-stone trade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Forme de taille brillant constituée de deux arcs de cercle égaux allongés, avec la culasse qui se termine par une colette fermée.

CONT

La marquise possède un facettage analogue à celui d'un diamant rond taille brillant; cette taille se justifie par la forme de la pierre brute.

Spanish

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