Webb
Country | |
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City | New York NY |
Era | e.1948 |
Description
Specialties
- Famous for his “Jeweled Jungle”
1948
- David Webb and Nina Silberstein opened David Webb, Inc. in New York.
1950s-1960s
- Bold flowers and organic forms.
1964
- Duke of Windsor buys a frog bracelet.
1970s
- Began producing more subtle designs to go with less flamboyant times.
1975
- David Webb dies and the Silberstein family continued production of his iconic designs.
2010
- Sold to Sima Ghadamian, Mark Emanuel and Robert Saidian.
- Continuing the tradition drawing on previously unproduced designs from the extensive archives and using the original molds.
- Gem materials and updated functional aspects (earring backs, etc.) distinguish the “old” from the “new.”