Many believe the Asscher cut is a modern cut, however it was developed early in the twentieth century and is re-gaining popularity today. It featured on Sex and the City and has been the cut used in some celebrity engagement rings.The Asscher cut produces more fire than you see in a typical step cut diamond. The Asscher cut resembles an emerald cut, but is square, with wide step facets and deep clipped corners that make the diamond look like an octagon.

The Asscher brothers, Abraham and Joseph Asscher, ran the Royal Asscher Diamond Company, which was founded in 1854 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Asscher Diamond Factory still stands at Tolstraat 127.


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