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Maurice Duvalet
Ballerina brooches and cases are the most enduring designs of Maurice Duvalet, a French born designer who lived in America since the end of World War I. On this side of the Atlantic, Duvalet collaborated with Van Cleef & Arpels, New York, and their manufacturing jeweler, John Rubel & Co., who had recently emigrated from Paris, to create these fanciful jewels and objects.