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Miriam Haskell (July 2, 1899 – July 14, 1981) was an American designer of costume jewelry. With creative partner Frank Hess, she designed affordable pieces from 1920 through the 1960s. Her vintage items are eagerly collected and the namesake company, which first displayed her jewelry in New York City's McAlpin Hotel, continues.
Later Viking jewelry also starts to exhibit simplistic geometric patterns. [27] The most intricate Viking work recovered is a set of two bands from the 6th century in Alleberg, Sweden. [26] Barbarian jewelry was very similar to that of the Vikings, having many of the same themes. Geometric and abstract patterns were present in much of barbarian ...
Kerr was known for elaborate and unique Art Nouveau pieces, most especially the American Beauty series, as well as many different patterns of flatware and holloware for children featuring nursery rhymes and images.
It became a piece of jewelry made of silver or gold. However, ear-irons made of gilded copper have also been found. Around 1650 the earizer went out of fashion, but in the countryside and in orphanages, among other places, the ear-iron remained part of the dress. It was a form of dowry. Until the French period, the Frisian earizer changed little.
The 1930s were spent improving R. Wallace Mfg. Co.’s mass production techniques. The company released a series of sterling silver patterns created by designer William S. Warren, including Rose Point (1934), Sir Christopher (1936), Stradivari (1937), Grande Baroque (1941), Grand Colonial (1942), and Romance of the Sea (1950). [7]
Native American jewelry refers to items of personal adornment, whether for personal use, sale or as art; examples of which include necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings and pins, as well as ketohs, wampum, and labrets, made by one of the Indigenous peoples of the United States. Native American jewelry normally reflects the cultural diversity ...
Kovels’ Buyers’ Guide to 20th-Century Costume Jewelry Part 1 & 2; Kovels’ Buyers Guide to Modern Ceramics; Kovels’ Flea Market Strategies: How to Shop, Buy, and Bargain the 21st-Century Way; Kovels’ A Diary: How to Sell, Settle, and Profit from a Collector's Estate; Kovels’ Collectors Guide to Handbags; Kovels’ Identification ...
Jewellery of a Berber woman in the Musée du quai Branly, Paris. Jewellery of the Berber cultures (Tamazight language: iqchochne imagine, ⵉⵇⵇⵛⵓⵛⵏ ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ) is a historical style of traditional jewellery that was worn by women mainly in rural areas of the Maghreb region in North Africa and inhabited by Indigenous Berber people (in the Berber language Tamazight ...