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Asscher Cut Diamond |
| Asscher cut diamond is one
of the greatest cuts of diamonds ever conceived. Invented in the early 20th
century by the Asscher Brothers of Holland, an Asscher cut is a modification
on the most popular cut of previous century...the cushion cut. The Asscher
Brothers, celebrities in their own right (they cut many of the "named"
diamonds for royalty), invented a cut which was square to rectangular with a
flat table (top surface), many small step cuts along the top area and larger
longer facets underneath the diamond. Like the cushion cut, the Asscher cut
has an open culet (the bottom of a diamond) and a facet plan to draw the eye
into the diamond and give the diamond depth. In fact the beauty of an
Asscher cut is how the eye "dives into the center of the diamond"...the eye
relishes the "pool" of the diamond. In fact water and diamonds went hand in
hand. Until recently diamonds were "graded" in terms of water..."river
white" being the "D Flawless" of its time. The beauty of an Asscher cut runs
counter to today's modern diamonds in which the facets and cut of a modern
diamond repel the eye (in the name of "brilliance"). The myriad of facets in
today's diamonds deprive the diamond of its true depth. Original Asscher cut
diamonds are quite rare and are found mostly on the estate market. |
