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Jugendstil Movement In the late 19th century there was an artistic Renaissance in southern Germany, led by the artists and designers of the Jugendstil movement in the area around Munich. While Jugendstil artists like Arnold Bocklin are often thrown in with the French Art Nouveau artists of the same period, their art was stylistically original and focused on Germanic themes and mythology. The term “Jugendstil” originated in 1896, when it was published in the [...] Click here to continue reading. Champleve – Definition A technique of decorating metal in which areas that have been hollowed out, as by incising, are filled with colored enamel and fired. Champleve is an enamelling technique in the decorative arts, or an object made by that process, in which troughs or cells are carved into the surface of a metal object, and filled with vitreous enamel. The piece is then fired until the enamel melts, and when cooled the [...] Click here to continue reading. Maria Regnier, American Silversmith (1901 to 1994) The work of noted St. Louis silversmith Maria Regnier is marked by its sleek simplicity emphasizing the beauty and luster of the material itself rather than its adornment. Her distinctive geometric designs have been exhibited at museums in Boston, Chicago, New York and St. Louis. Born in 1901 in Hungary Maria moved to the United States in 1921 following her passion for silver and metalworking early in [...] Click here to continue reading. Coach Covers Coach covers were small round cases made in gold, or enameled. They were used by ladies to cover the diamonds in their ear pendants when riding in coaches so that they would not be robbed. Information courtesy of Skinner Inc. September 2006 The Wiener Werkstatte The Austrian equivalent of the English Arts and Crafts Movement, the Wiener Werkstatte [VEEN-er VEHRK-shtet-teh] (German for “Vienna Workshop”) was a direct offshoot from the fin-de-siacle Vienna Secession. Together, Josef Hoffmann (1870 to 1956) and Koloman Moser founded the Wiener Werkstatte Produktiv-Gemeinschaft von Kunsthandwerken, Wien (the Viennese Workshop and Production Cooperative of Art Works in Vienna) in 1903 as an association of artists and craftspeople working together to manufacture fashionable household [...] Click here to continue reading. Mine Cut Diamonds Mine cut diamonds are among the earliest cut stones found in jewelry today. Cut in the 18th and 19th centuries, these early form of the “brilliant” diamond were cut with a squarish shaped girdle having rounded corners, high crown, small table pavilion and very large cutlet. Using rather crude tools compared to the modern diamond-cutter these stones were often cut for weight rather than light reflection. This form of cutting began [...] Click here to continue reading. Pate de Verre Glass “Pate de verre”, a French term for “paste of glass”, a form made from very early historical times by heating powdered glass or similar substances and hardened. Once formed in this manner, the object is carved, painted or has other decoration applied. Ippolita – Italian/American Jewelry Designer Ippolita was born in Florence, Italy, on December 10, 1963, the daughter of an American mother and a Florentine father. After seeing an exhibit of Henry Moore’s sculptures in 1972, she began to think of art as a career and, beginning in 1982, attended the Instituto d’Arte, where the teachers are artists themselves. She spent two years studying ceramics and three years studying sculpture, receiving a Baccalaureate in Sculpture. [...] Click here to continue reading. Elizabeth Locke – American Jewelry Designer Before turning her hand to jewelry design, Elizabeth Locke had an accessories business in Italy and spent six years as a contributing editor to Town and Country magazine. In 1988, with a degree in gemology, she began designing jewelry, using as inspiration pieces found in her almost constant world travels. She collects elements such as antique coins and seals, 18th century mother-of pearl gambling counters, colorful Venetian glass [...] Click here to continue reading. Vinaigrettes A vinaigrette was a small box with hinged lid and internal hinged grill containing a piece of natural sponge soaked in a aromatic vinegar, used to counteract unpleasant odors. The earliest known examples date from the 15th century but they are rare in silver before 1780. The vast majority were made in the 19th century and they can be found up to 1900. Most were rectangular but there are many other examples in [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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