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2. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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   Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a western perspective, the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for example.

3. Victorian jewellery - Wikipedia

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   The fossilised material, jet was valued because it was lightweight, intense black in colour, durable, inexpensive and could be easily carved. [3] [10] Jet was used to design mourning jewellery such as bracelets, necklaces, brooches, cameos and pendants. [8] [10] After the death of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s love of jewellery was less ...

4. Art jewelry - Wikipedia

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   Diamond necklace, c. 1904.An example of Tiffany & Co.'s jewelry around the turn of the 20th century.. Art historian Liesbeth den Besten has identified six different terms to name art jewelry, including contemporary, studio, art, research, design, and author, [1] with the three most common being contemporary, studio, and art.

5. Jewellery design - Wikipedia

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   Jewellery design is the art or profession of designing and creating jewellery. It is one of civilization's earliest forms of decoration , dating back at least 7,000 years to the oldest-known human societies in Indus Valley Civilization , Mesopotamia , and Egypt .

6. Necklace - Wikipedia

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   A polychromatic Greek necklace with butterfly Krishna Roy pendant. In Ancient Greece, delicately made gold necklaces created with repoussé and plaited gold wires were worn. [4] Most often these necklaces were ornamented with blue or green enameled rosettes, animal shapes, or vase-shaped pendants that were often detailed with fringes. [4]

7. Hanfu accessories - Wikipedia

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   Necklaces with carved jade pendant Jade culture is an important aspect of Chinese culture , [ 3 ] reflecting both the material and spiritual culture of the Chinese people. [ 4 ] : 18 Jade is deeply ingrained in Chinese culture and played a role in every aspect of social life; [ 4 ] : 18 it is also associated with positive qualities and aspects ...