Art Deco turquoise earrings, 1930s illustration (Dolores) and my pattern.
Paule Ka designed the turquoise dress. I drew the patterns.
Turquoise is a hydrated copper and aluminium phosphate. The colour varies from blue to blue-green. Turquoise is often mottled with cream or brown veins. Furthermore, the name “turquoise” comes from a confusion : when Venitian merchants brought this stone in France, it was called “Turkish stone”, from Turkey whereas it was from Persia. Besides, the…