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Fashionable Mourning Jewelry, Clothing, & Customs (hardcover)
Fashionable Mourning Jewelry, Clothing, & Customs (hardcover) - By Mary Brett
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Decorative art created to memorialize and commemorate death has been a part of Western culture for centuries. Extraordinarily beautiful examples of mourning art and memorial jewelry for members of royalty and the aristocracy date back to the 16th century in England and Europe. Medieval references to commemorative art predate even the extant pieces now in museums. During the Georgian and Victorian eras, outstanding pieces of mourning jewelry and artwork were found in a majority of homes in America, Britain, and...
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This pin is is dome-shaped and covered with french jet "rhinestones" and decorative jappaned filagree (blackened metal). It is marked "Austria" and is probably from the 20's? It really sparkles, no damage I can see. Super pretty in that there are rounds marquis, etc. and lots of filagree. Picture doesn't do it justice as it really is covered with more stones than I'm used to seeing in a pin. Pin is 2 inches long by 1.75 inches high.
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The chocker (converted from a watch fob) made of hair woven into a rope twist pattern centered by a cylindrical engraved gold piece with a gold locket. Locket case engraved and interior fitted with a woven panel of hair. The interior of locket is marked with impressed characters that resemble17 11 11. The gold closures or findings appear to be solid gold and one is marked 14. SIZE: 13 long CONDITION: Some wear to woven rope chain.
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The Following NEW DESIGNS are a variation on the Memento Mori Series, incorporating more traditional Victorian imagery and design elements, along with hand-made beads, real dried inset flowers and a choice of ribbons or chain. Each of these pieces is set into a silver plated Victorian filagree setting, has a cover-glass made exclusively for Westgate (as we ran out of the vintage ones, so we had to have them made especially for us). The floral beads are hand-made ceramic, one by one, and hand painted...
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Explore the many fascinating nineteenth century traditions associated with death and mourning. The widespread influence of England's Queen Victoria perpetuated displays of grieving as she, her court, and loyal subjects remained in a state of mourning for over forty years. Over 300 color photographs display jewelry, photography and painted portraits, children's, men's, and women's clothes; poems, letters of sympathy, armbands, procession badges, hair receivers, announcements, and horse-drawn vehicles that were...
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THE HOPE OF SALVATION ( Georgian Mourning Jewelry Locket / Pendant ): A haunting and prevalent image from the late 18 th & early 19 th Centuries is that of a woman with an anchor. Dressed in idealized attire of the Grecian style, far from pathetic, she is a female Atlas, bearing a world of grief on her slim shoulders. In this polychrome, painted on ivory, Georgian Locket the woman is leaning on a blue anchor and points up to heaven. (c. 1790) In the...
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New! The beautiful collection of scripture jewelry by Leehee is now available in an exquisite combination of 14K white and yellow Gold.
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The Following NEW DESIGNS are a variation on the Memento Mori Series, incorporating more traditional Victorian imagery and design elements, along with hand-made beads, real dried inset flowers and a choice of ribbons or chain. Each of these pieces is set into a silver plated Victorian filagree setting, has a cover-glass made exclusively for Westgate (as we ran out of the vintage ones, so we had to have them made especially for us). The floral beads are hand-made ceramic, one by one, and hand painted...
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Decorative art created to memorialize and commemorate death has been a part of Western culture for centuries. Extraordinarily beautiful examples of mourning art and memorial jewelry for members of royalty and the aristocracy date back to the 16th century in England and Europe. Medieval references to commemorative art predate even the extant pieces now in museums. During the Georgian and Victorian eras, outstanding pieces of mourning jewelry and artwork were found in a majority of homes in America...
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The Following NEW DESIGNS are a variation on the Memento Mori Series, incorporating more traditional Victorian imagery and design elements, along with hand-made beads, real dried inset flowers and a choice of ribbons or chain. Each of these pieces is set into a silver plated Victorian filagree setting, has a cover-glass made exclusively for Westgate (as we ran out of the vintage ones, so we had to have them made especially for us). The floral beads are hand-made ceramic, one by one, and hand painted...
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New! The beautiful collection of scripture jewelry by Leehee is now available in an exquisite combination of 14K white and yellow Gold.
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Rare swivelling Memorial ring. The top has a rectangle, outlined in seed pearls, containing plaited / braided hair of the loved one. A line of pearls, graded in size leads the eye outwards from the center on either side of the rectangle. The pearls lie in a bed of gold, sculpted flowers - tiny details. The band itself is ridged, which adds to the elegance of the ring. <P>
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Without being morbid or macabre, this book provides a fascinating text about mourning practices and historical influences that shaped individual and cultural perspectives surrounding death in the 18th and 19th centuries. During these centuries, memorial art reached its zenith in artistic beauty and some of the finest examples from collections in America, England, France, Germany, and Switzerland are featured here. Over 500 color photos display jewelry, portrait miniatures, pottery and glassware,...
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