Learn about French society and see the jewels that were made for memory, from cameo carving to painted enamel.
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Discover Mourning Jewellery
Learn about French society and see the jewels that were made for memory, from cameo carving to painted enamel.
French 18th/19th Century Love, Sentimental and Mourning Jewels Lecture
Learn about French society and see the jewels that were made for memory, from cameo carving to painted enamel.
Cameo & Micromosaic Influences in Mourning Jewels
Culturally, the values of Europe differ across small geographic regions. Values in religion, politics, and language all have an impact on the styles of mourning, and how they could be displayed. Mourning, as a custom, requires a specific element of identity to be understood as a reference indicating when a person is in mourning. Through this necessity, mourning symbolism in fashion changed greatly… Continue reading Cameo & Micromosaic Influences in Mourning Jewels