Jewelry during Queen Victoria reign (1837-1901) was feminine, sentimental, meaningful and symbolic. Jewels were also inspired by the nature. Whereas Victorian jewelry at the beginning was heavy, intricate, full of details, jewels became at the end less ostentatious, smaller, simpler and more practical to women who were more and more many to work.
Renaissance is both an artistic movement and a period which took place in Italy in the 14th and 15th century. It ended in the end […]
The Late Victorian era (1885-1901) was also referred to the ‘Aesthetic Period’. Conservatism and tradition were rejected. Jewels of this period were different from the previous typed of jewelry. The Jewels became simpler, lighter, smaller (studs…), less heavy, less dark but feminine. These jewels fitted with an active life.
Colored photo of the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, my design made based on my photo of fireworks in the Versailles castle, France and […]
19th century English Regency Gilt Neoclassical Mirror ; Amethyst and aquamarine drop earrings and a photo of Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma Woodhouse in the movie […]