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Art Nouveau Jewelry

French Art Nouveau Brooch

Art Nouveau Jewelry was made between 1895 - 1920

Investing Art Nouveau jewelry made from gold, silver and non-precious materials can be highly profitable for the Art Nouveau savant, forever in vogue, for the fashion conscious and if drawn into it's magnetism, one can completley addict oneself.

Since its introduction in the Fin-De-Siecle, (end of the century) the desirability of Art Nouveau (new art), forerunner to the Edwardian Style has just kept growing.

Over the last three to four decades there has been an even greater demand for period pieces, and it's easy to see why....

Art Nouveau facts state, the word, 'Art Nouveau' was named after an avant-garde Paris shop, 'La Maison de l'Art Nouveau' in 1900, and was known by that name in France, Belgium, Holland, England, and the United States.


In other places around the world, 'Art Nouveau' was called by other names. "Jugendstil" in Austria and Germany (after the magazine Der Jugend, "youth") and "Modernismo" in Spain and "Floreale" or "Liberty" in Italy.

Proponents of the Art Nouveau movement tried to synthesize all the arts together, in an attempt to create an art based on natural forms, that could be mass-produced for a large audience. Art Nouveau design influenced ALL the decorative arts.

The free, sinuous whip-lash curve of Japanese print designs inspired Art Nouveau artists who also borrowed from the expressive patterned style of famous people in history such as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.

The Art Nouveau movement left us a legacy of outstanding jewelry of an understated debauched delicacy. Indulgent sensuality was a dominant force and designs of nature were endowed with the female form, rippling hair, writhing abstract forms, wriggling marine plants resembling tentacles.

The meaning of flowers in jewelry was fully exploited in the jewelry of this period.

There was a wildness of nature uncontrolled by man, like the fine-de-siecle culture that was characteristically unrestrained and freewheeling.

In Britain, the only jewelry remotely resembling Art Nouveau style was the jewellery made by the Ancient Celtic people.

Color is the child of nature, and when you invest in Art Nouveau enamel Jewelry you will notice the beautiful colors that closely resemble the natural world. The use of enamels to achieve certain shades, textures and colors is a quintessential key element that features strongly in the period.

The Mystique of René Lalique

No writing on Art Nouveau Jewelry would be complete without mentioning the most famous person in Art Nouveau jewelry history...

........ when it came to the subtle use of color, no jeweler could come close to the French Art Nouveau master-craftsman - René Lalique (1860-1945)

Lalique's acute awareness of color and texture coupled with his feeling for the spirit of the subject beyond its physical reality, was unequalled.

René Lalique's work epitomized the view that value lay in the designer's vision and the craftsman's skill rather than in the size of the gemstones. Many of Lalique's masterworks were in fact, crafted from non-precious materials such a horn and glass.

Actress Sarah Bernhardt brought Lalique great fame by promoting his designs, which she boldly wore on-stage and at public events.

How to invest in Art Nouveau jewelry is do-able, even for those new to collecting Antique Jewelry, providing you do a little homework first.

When you invest in Gold and diamond Antique Jewelry or antique costume jewelry and natural pearls it is advisable to familiarize with the Antique Jewelry buying basics first.

Art Nouveau and Moonstone

What also falls under one's notice in relation to non-precious gems such as Moonstone and the Art Nouveau movement, is that Moonstone along with chalcedony, horn and glass were popular materials used in jewelry during the Art Nouveau period.

Non-precious gemstones and materials were chosen for desirability as a motif and not for their expensiveness.

Coco Chanel with her trademark, rope of Simulated Pearls is a fine example of the use of non-precious materials employed in jewelry design, that in no way equate to trumpery.

Art Nouveau Jewelry and Mother-Nature are Synonymous

Reference:

Pearsall, R., 1999, A Connoisseur's Guide to Antique Jewellery, Todtri Publishers, New York.

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