- melinda@napierbook.com
Discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb was a great source of inspiration for the costume jewelry industry in the 1920s.
This is one of our favorite pieces. The colors are delicious and the design is oh so wearable! The 1955 “Clustered Stones” collection, was marketed as “The Ultimate in jeweled originality.” The design employed glass beads (Chanel-like shades), faux pearls, polished spheres and cobra chains. It resembles some of the exquisite French pieces by Louis Rousselet.
October 3, 20221920s-1930s Napier Jewelry
October 5, 2022The discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb was a great source of inspiration for the costume jewelry industry in the 1920s. The embodiment of the Egyptian Revival style is captured in this rare Napier 1920s brass hinged cuff bracelet. The bracelet features a mottled green glass cabochon and double snake motif and measures 2 ½” with an inner dia. of 2 ½” w. #napierjewelry #napier1920s #napierhistory #jewelryshistory #egyptianrevival #vintagecostumejewelry #napierbook #bookpiece #thejewelrystylistfrom The Napier Book https://ift.tt/b9vVRny
Melinda Lewis
Jewelry historian, Melinda Lewis is co-founder of Costume Jewelry Collectors Int’l (CJCI) and author of The Napier Co.: Defining 20th Century American Costume Jewelry.