ellen plays with metal

Photo 20 Dec

Suzanne Belperron, gold and diamond bracelet

Quote 20 Dec

Martin Travis, a dealer in London, said: “You can pick up most pieces of [Suzanne] Belperron and know it’s a Belperron. She had a signature.”

But she never signed her work. “My style is my signature,” Belperron once said.

— Cathy Horyn. “Modern, Before the World Was.”The New York Times, December 19, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/fashion/the-legacy-of-suzanne-belperron-jeweler.html?pagewanted=1&src=recg (accessed December 20, 2012).

Photo 1 Aug

Pomellato, “Nudo,” Rose and white gold with faceted lemon quartz.

What a beautiful setting — not quite a bezel and not quite a prong either. The lemon quartz is beautiful, too.

Photo 15 Jul

I love how the pieces of filigree resemble a butterfly until they are all dropped into place.

Photo 15 Jun

Earrings, gild wire with filigree; 12th-13th century, Iran; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Photo 15 Jun 1 note

Gold necklace with amethysts,glass, and gold; 6th-7th century Byzantine; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Photo 15 Jun

Filigree necklace; ca. 1850, India; Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Photo 15 Jun

Cast silver and filigree chain, 18th century Russia, Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Photo 15 Jun

Silver filigree chain ca. 1800 from the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Quote 18 Feb 6 notes

If you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.

— Frank Lloyd Wright (via pucciacrispino)