Enamel - color decoration
Even in ancient times, metal decorations were decorated with colored enamel and even then they had different uses of the decorative properties of this multi-colored glass mass. The enamel was…

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Jewelry house "Esprit"
Like most French Protestants who had escaped persecution in the time of Louis XIV, William's ancestors were highly skilled artisans — blacksmiths, tanners, and watchmakers. By the middle of the…

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Italian jewelers look abroad
Italian jewelry is known for its high quality and attention to detail. But this significant and historically important layer of national culture and craftsmanship is under threat. After the boom…

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Jewelery instead of gold
These celebrities include Michelle Obama and Madonna. What brands and why choose Hollywood stars? Next year, the fashion world will celebrate the thirty-year anniversary of the brand Erickson Beamon, which…

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The stamp of the Russian “jeweler” – a monopoly?

Thus, the amendments introduced by the draft law imply full exemption from branding of jewelry made for export. It is also proposed to abandon samples on silver products weighing less than three grams.

According to representatives of the jewelry business and experts, the changes are long overdue. At the moment, all manufacturers are required to stamp their own products in the Assay Chamber under the Ministry of Finance. Jewelers pay a fee in the amount of from 17 to 45 rubles per item. Continue reading

Collection – Camellia Metamorphosis

“Let there be a garden!”, As if the designers and jewelers of Chanel Joaillerie decided it and collected all sorts of camellias in one collection of jewelry Jardin de Camélias (actually, Camellias Garden in Russian). At the end of last year, the director of Chanel Joaillerie Benjamin Komar promised Watch / Jewel: “In 2013, we are not going to relax after the anniversary 2012 for us and want to surprise our female fans even more. Continue reading

Collection – From Munch to Picasso

A few years ago, Italian jeweler Carlo Palmiero created a ring called Homage to Munch. This precious dedication to Edvard Munk was the most famous painting of the artist “Cry”. The canvas of 1893, the most famous of the versions of “Creek”, Palmiero reproduced in his signature technique – a pave of colored gemstones. The bright pattern with the thinnest modulation of colors, with the effect of degradation, was skillfully laid out on the curved surface of an oval ring with a hole in the center. And in terms of its expressiveness, it was not much less than the original, this program picture of expressionism. Continue reading

Thing - The Breath of Antiquity
A year ago, when the French House of Van Cleef & Arpels premiered the high jewelry collection Palais de la Chance, the bracelet with the heads of dragons looking at…

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Jewelry - unsurpassed beauty
Modern gold, thanks to ligature additives, is durable and aesthetically pleasing. Depending on the percentage of copper, silver or palladium in the alloy, the metal may be of any shade.…

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Star anniversary
Of course, if you compare the jewelry odyssey of the Chanel house with more ancient stories - with the history of the French houses Chaumet (it was founded in 1802),…

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