Art Deco geometry
Art Deco octagon brooch (black onyx) and patterns i designed with photoshop.
Art Deco beauty
Suzanne Belperron’s scroll diamond earrings, Cartier’s aquamarine clip brooch (1930s) and diamond and enamel plaque brooch. The background is a design I did with photoshop based on my photo of the Galeries Lafayette in Berlin.
Black Art Deco
Suzanne Belperron scroll earrings, a brooch, René Boivin ring and Art Deco metallic structure.
The ravishing actress Jean Arthur
Portrait of Jean Arthur in the 1920s, Iljiz Fazulzyanov’s earrings and photo made with photoshop based on my photo of the Galeries Lafayette in Berlin. Jean Arthur is my favourite actress with Natalie Wood. My favourite movies of her are “You can’t take it with you”, “Mr Deeds goes to town“, “The more the Merrier”,…
Victorian Aesthetic jewelry : History and styles (1885-1901)
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.
Opalescent jewelry
Winged heart opal brooch, Pre Raphaelite (Arts & Crafts) tiara (1900s) and William Morris’ illustration. Opalescence is the optical property of a transparent or translucide material which gives it an aspect or a milky color with iridescent reflects like the opals. “Precious opals are translucent to transparent and are distinguished by a combination of milky…
Art Deco inspired jewels for Christmas
Art Deco emerged in 1925, at the World’s Fair in Paris, France. This art movement is called Art Deco in reference to the name of the “Exposition Internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes”. Art Deco jewelry is characterized by geometric design (octagon, square, round, diamond…), architectural design (volume, geometric shapes…), carved gemstones, baguette cut…
The Art Deco Lady
Ilgiz Fazulzyanov earrings and pendant, Boucheron’s earrings (eyes), mother of peace texture and illustration by Wladyslaw Theodore Benda. Art Deco emerged in 1925, at the World’s Fair in Paris, France. This art movement is called Art Deco in reference to the name of the “Exposition Internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes”. Art Deco jewelry…
Elegance in the 1920s
“A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant”. Coco Chanel Artys’ necklace and earrings, drawing of an Art Deco woman by Sveta Dorosheva (Eduardo Garcìa Benito’s inspired), eyes and mouth from a Reynaldo Luza’s illustration (1927), mother of Pearl texture for the skin, 1920s hat, gold texture and pattern i made (background). This…
Art Deco in love
“I think there was a freedom in the 1920s and 1930s: a certain liberty and evolution of women.” Francois Nars Eduardo Garcia Benito’s Vogue cover (1928), 1920s Art Deco diamond and pearl brooch, Art Deco print and Fairfax & Roberts Art Deco gold and onyx stud earrings.
A l’ombre d’un oranger
“Orangers, arbres que j’adore, Que vos parfums me semblent doux ! Est-il dans l’empire de Flore Rien d’agréable comme vous ?” Éloge de l’oranger – Jean de la Fontaine Émile Vernon painting “Beauty under the orange tree” and Des petits hauts orange brooch.
Art Deco magnificence
René Boivin gold clips (“manchettes plissées”, 1935) and ring (black wood and diamond)
Perdue dans la nébuleuse
Manoush’s dress, Oscar de la Renta earrings and the painting “Heavenly Souls” by Michael Abakumov.
Elegance from the past…
Reynaldo Luza illustration, Edward Chiu’s earrings (jade and onyx), Corrado Giuspino’s bracelet (jade, onyx and diamond) and an Art Deco bracelet (onyx, diamond and rock crystal).
Beauté intemporelle
Vogue cover by the Art Deco illustrator Georges Lepape (Vogue September 1926) and Janis kerman’s brooch and earrings.
A summer illuminated by sparkling palm trees
Des petits hauts’ palm tree brooch and photo of Parque Garcià Sanabria in Santa Cruz, Tenerife (taken by me). Different photos of Parque Garcià Sanabria in Tenerife : Another version :
At the time of the Romanov Tsars in Saint-Petersburg
Fabergé Egg created by the Russian jewelery House Fabergé named “The pearl Egg”, gold frame of a portrait of the Tsar Nicholas II and the Empress Alexandra by the House Fabergé and photo of Saint Petersbourg during winter. “The Pearl egg” is inlaid with 139 fine pearls and 3300 diamonds and other precious gemstones. It…
