In the early 1960s, jewelry was a continuation of the Fifties with the use of gilded metal, pearls, sparkling paste and rhinestones. Then, designers began to use low cost materials : plastic, resin, vinyl and perspex. Influenced by the artistic movement Op art, large geometric shapes (diamonds, hexagons, circles…) and black and white (monochromatic) jewels…
This painting called “The equatorial jungle” was painted by Henri Rousseau in 1909.
The painting is called “Fireworks in Nice” and was painted by the Russian artist Nicolas Tarkhoff (1871-1930) :