ART JEWELLERY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 529, 9 June 1909, Page 3

ART JEWELLERY.

•;.. ; Two' or."throe: years' ago ; 'a! fresh develop- :;';-• inent'.iri jewellery: showed it-self in. Paris, and .':; ! as.itlis this "centre- that "seta -the" fashion -in' ; "bijoux" the change-was well worth noticing. ■"."■'.[When ■ thonew stylo : :was';iriaugurated the ef- ',, !fect wa3:truly-delighMul,'.for- the -artistic; . , ; .:'.jewels';werb masterpieces 'of decorative art, T ' r .owing.ihueh of; their 'beautyito the; delicate, :-.; translucent' [onaifciol * which blended - so', 'well ■--.' 1- with pak>col6ured,precious,'atones.' On to'". ■ '■■: of. this .dainty 'worlc';.came -tho rougher •and" ;■;[-perhaps, more effective..work of .tho band, en- ,'.- . aineller,' whose comparatively inexpensive ef-. '■- iorts.-had: the distinct recommendation of ho . ;.'.':';'ing^,exclusivo/;;'Alas,;.both. these: qualities of .'■:, artistic merit'.'and .oxclusiv'eiiess; have been: ■ .[pounced upon by [the cheap [manufacturer, ! , : ..,.:who noWi'produces n.ecklets" and:pendants'.of' .' [:','' :the. kind in.; enormous 'quantities.: It : is this - ■;,.-v flooding.,thei [market: with:.'cheaper.[work that ■; V goes to. spoil, the-: effect, of -what, is'-really; good ;:'[■; and artistic.' .Earrings are said to.: bo; grow:. ;:'.ing of- favour, vthough/. thej-faet -seems . .hardly Credible,, .for :]ong linked 'chains of '•;--/:;gra'duat€d.;precious'stehW-L«^g-^r6m^thß'.'' ;';■'ear appear,to bo regarded;. as,,thp'finishing ~';■;, touch; to a '"smart: toilette; "'Bracelets ■;[.■; and ['.;, bangles of; the.' more 'ornamental -type are deoidedly on:the w,ane, ; the exception being tho.,- ■'•'.'■; loose 'curb' chainy: which; though always -un-- : ?.,bbtrnsive, is a:pretty.finish to a.well-tiirned ■ ~.. wrist.'.- [Brooches ;also[, seem doomed, but'bri, ' ;.-.', : .the,other;ha'nd ; pend.'ihts''ahd necklets remain. '::•- extrefnely populw-.thbugn th'eir-s'okction re r ' .;;'qnires'.;considcrable ; care.;f!Peari. ropes,have. :-..■ -always[been; arid.will.probably:;continue to, . ;.v [be; injgood_:itosfcb";;but or.course' they-must bo' ■':•';■-' '~tlie'real'tbini;, .or, atiany"rate'not a palpable ';v>''-imiteiipn:'';Strings';b^.enoap';-! , p < earis , f. are,an .:'[-/inexpressible!:abomination. :■ Rings, aro ! the ,;[ [jewellery;[which:;gains ! in":popularity, and [as' --. ; ;;long as a''wearer.; is careful not 'to', wear two , '.I different confusiri3fcoloui's.;;b.n'her-; fingers, . . ." : . , and,, sap:': . ';; .['phiresjv.fbrVexamplOj'.sho'.can"rely on .bein'ti;: : correct. .VPlatinnm' is a' far -.smarter setting : ;:•' for all precious;.stones than gold.'for it is,-al- ■;■ .;.most 'invisible, 1 and jso■ gives ..the • desired-,ef- ' . [;V-';.''fbet;of •aii;prn.ament;'!Bimply resting, on the - .[. .neck or hand.;.; / v ; ; ['V-'v;; »; ; '~- -,"':. •■;.'-.-..-