Jewellery Periods – Art Nouveau Jewellery (1895-1910)
No other art form has celebrated the love for the unique, magical, and even erotic the way that Art Nouveau jewellery did. Translating to New Art in French, this short but impactful design period aimed to find an original way to class beauty through entirely new principles.
Art Nouveau-period jewellery is best known today for prompting, if not encouraging, stares and whispers through its extensive use of female forms and inferred sexuality – making it quite scandalous and, thus, more exciting!
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Jewellery Periods – Belle Époque Jewellery (1871-1914)
Meaning the ‘Beautiful Era’ in French, the Belle Époque was a period of peace and prosperity marked by increasing wealth and flourishing arts. Known as the Edwardian Age in Great Britain and the Gi...
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Top 5 essential jewellery pieces for a timeless Mother’s Day gift
There are many timeless pieces of essential jewellery that I can classify as indispensable to my jewellery obsession and hoarding syndrome! But with the Mother’s Day shopping spree just around the ...
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