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.
Jewels, Symbolism, Botany and Floriography
Victorian botanical research created the fundamental understanding of modern symbolic flora interpretations. Classifying the plants of the known world to a value of emotional fact was part of the Enlightenment’s late 18th century interest in aligning scientific understanding to all elements of life. Historical and classical values of known species were carried into human rationale… Continue reading Jewels, Symbolism, Botany and Floriography