Earrings
Shimmering, dangling, swaying ear pendants, clips, and studs bring a certain liveliness to our lobes. What a fabulous way to accentuate and add glamour to a face. The history of earrings is a long and interesting one where earrings moved in and out of vogue and the fashion adapted to hairstyles, collars, and the changing popularity of various gems and metals. The Earrings pictorial glossary below contains articles on this marvelous jewelry category.
Vignettes
Earrings are much more than just decorative jewelry for the ear. Gods and goddesses, symbols, talismans and amulets have all been depicted in the designs fastened to or suspended from the ear...
Terms & Definitions
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A chandelier in jewelry means with dangling ornaments or with multiple arms. A sevigne brooch or girandole earrings are also chandelier type jewelry.
Chandelier style, also known as girandole, are characterized by a bow, central stone or circular cluster of stones at the top from which are suspended three or more gemstone drops. The...
A clutch is a small finding that slides onto the post of an earring in order to secure the earring to the earlobe. They can be held in place by friction (friction back) or...
Day and night earrings have an upper earring or ear stud, suspending a detachable ornament. The top part of the earring is to be worn alone for daytime, the pendant is added...
Jewelry for the ear. Throughout history, all types of material, metal, and gems have been used to adorn the ear. Most earrings are affixed with a wire hook or a...
En pampille refers to a style in which a series of gems, typically diamonds, are arranged as a cascade. The gems descend in size and terminate in a very small “icicle-shaped”...
