Victorian Chandelier Earrings. Chandelier A chandelier in jewelry means with dangling ornaments or with multiple arms. A sevigne brooch or girandole earrings are also chandelier type...
Cipher Initials, monograms, messages, and inscriptions on jewelry can all be considered ciphers. These can be intricate designs involving letters and symbols are carved, enameled or applied to jewelry. Alternatively, a jewelry piece may be composed entirely of the...
Victorian Crescent Brooch. Crescent A crescent is the shape of a moon at or around the first or last quarter. Crescent moons, set with diamonds, were very popular in the late 18th and 19th century as brooches and hair ornaments. When worn as a hair ornament, the...
Cuir Roulé Cuir roulé (from French: cuir = leather, roulé = rolled) is a term to describe the volute shaped ornaments in jewelry from 1835 onwards. Rolled-up leather scrolls were mimicked by repousse work. These scrolls have their origin in ancient Greece where they...
Egyptian Revival Jewelry Egyptomania is an extreme obsession for all things Egyptian and, throughout history, a passion for Egypt has been a recurring theme. By the time Napoléon Bonaparte stormed Egypt at the end of the eighteenth century, Egyptomania had already...
