Art nouveau floral jewellery

 

Art nouveau is the jewellery that became famous from 1890 to 1914. In this period jewellery floral designs are repeated to form a pattern as shown in figure 2 and flowers are imitated to make jewellery using mixed materials as shown in figure 1. Art Nouveau floral jewellery is very colourful because of the mixed materials that are used to make jewellery. In figure 1, I like the leaf details with their colour it reminds me of the etched rose petals that I manufactured.

Figure 1 - Lalique, R., (1899-1901). Hawthorn brooch, diamond, enamel, glass and engraved with words 'je refleuriray'.

This brooch in figure 1 was designed for Sarah Bernhardt who was a French stage actress. I like how the designer imitated the Hawthorn branch using mixed materials.

Figure 2 -Wolfers, P., (1900-1901). Art Nouveau Glycines choker, Gold, carved watermelon tourmaline, carved opal, ruby, and garnet.