René Lalique was a seminal French glass designer known for his Art Nouveau and Art Deco perfume bottles, chandeliers, vases, and jewelry. Widely revered and influential in the decorative arts, Lalique ...
But that modest purchase was just the beginning: It inspired a collecting frenzy that transformed the couple into dominant dealers in Art Nouveau decorative arts and antique jewelry through their ...
Kate Matthams Spencer is a Paris-based writer who covers jewelry. Australia-based jewelry ... jewels by Shakespeare and beloved during the Art Nouveau period, opals are becoming increasingly ...
Highlights include tiaras, medals of French kings, and works from artists like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Paul Revere.
The jewelry-making classes taught in our Metals Department include the traditional focus on technique and materials, as well as contemporary considerations of concept, design, and experimentation.
Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry ... The maker is Alfred Daguet, and he was a French Art Nouveau metal worker. Oh. And, uh, he's interesting. He's-he's known for making ...
The pulse of the jewelry industry and its relationship ... including Victorian, Art Nouveau and Belle Epoque and Art Deco. In the book, he discusses the jewel’s relationship with the style ...
A decade of jewelry collecting has taught me that where you keep your treasures matters as much as the treasures themselves. Otherwise, you risk scuffed gold, tangled chains, or, even worse ...
Have a look around the room or office space you find yourself in now. How much of it was created humanistically, with beauty or inspiration in mind? How does the design of the space invite you to feel ...
From here it’s a short walk to the exquisite antique jewelry store Au Vase de ... a bonbon container shaped like a boat, or a silver Art Nouveau dresser set? These poignant items, once coveted ...
We tried Howard Feed-N-Wax Wood Polish and Conditioner, which worked beautifully on other antique wood furniture, but it didn’t get absorbed. Should we try to remove the varnish and if so ...