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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Alexander de Paris: Nouvelle Collection 2012
Alexander de Paris has a web store for middle-market women, ie those who cannot jet to New York or Paris, walk into a shop, and buy a one-of-a-kind piece for $4000. The company’s Autumn/Winter 2012 collection is out. Beehive hair … Continue reading
The Miss World Crown
Congratulations, Miss China. The crown is made of diamonds, sapphires, and turquoise stones on a gold base. It’s anyone’s guess as to whether or not the jewels are real. Are beauty pageants about real beauty? Are their crowns about real … Continue reading
Gina Hellweger: Ethiopian Judaeo-Christian Art for Sale
Ethiopia enjoys a well-developed tradition in iconography, manuscript illumination, calligraphy, book art, metal work, woodcarving and many other art forms. Ethiopia althrough surrounded by Muslim countries has a thriving Orthodox Church and a proud Judaeo-Christian history, tracing back to the … Continue reading
Mellerio dits Meller
Mellerio dits Meller is the oldest family-owned jewelry company in Europe, spanning 14 generations. In 1515, the first Mr. Mellerio left Italy for Paris because he heard there was opportunity there. His family started the company in 1613. As Jean-Baptiste … Continue reading
Eyes Open: Tribal Combs and Masks
When light or wind passes through, the open eyes of a mask can haunt you. Ancestral spirits look back. I wanted to show some tribal combs and masks, whose open designs allow this emotional exchange to happen. From The Creative … Continue reading
Posted in African Comb, Creative Museum, Lwimbi, new guinea headdress, Zande
Tagged african comb, baule, boa, creative museum, east sepik river, lwimbi, pora pora, tribal comb
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Child & Child Tiara and Comb
In 1848, English painter William Holman Hunt founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. They rejected what they considered to be the mechanistic approach of Mannerist artists, who came after Michelangelo and Raphael, for a more elegant, intensely colored, and sophisticated style. Mr. … Continue reading
Posted in Art Nouveau, English Hair Comb
Tagged child & child, English hair comb, Pre-Raphaelite, Tiara
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Italian Micro Mosaic Jewelry
Byzantine mosaic techniques can be traced to Late Antiquity, a period between the 2nd and 8th Centuries when the Greco-Roman world was transitioning into the Middle Ages. Later, Byzantine artists were imported to work in Italy during the Renaissance, where … Continue reading
Posted in Italian Hair Comb
Tagged Italian diadem, Italian hair comb, Italian tiara, micro mosaic, micromosaic, Sotheby's
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Tortoiseshell Hair Combs from Different Worlds
The Bruce Frank Primitive Art Gallery has a beautiful 19th-Century tortoiseshell- and buffalo-horn comb for sale. Price on request. If you don’t have a tribal comb, have no idea of how to buy one correctly, but would like a top-class … Continue reading