and every colour illuminates

Moon and stars diamond tiara, circa 1900.  

The central sunburst and crescent moon motifs above a large cushion-shaped diamond, on a scrolling frame of shooting stars, set throughout with old brilliant-cut diamonds, mounted in gold, principal diamond approximately 1.75 carats, remaining diamonds approximately 14.00 carats total, brooch, hair ornaments, ring and tiara fittings and screw supplied, fitted case by Cav. Vincenzo Giura (Jura) Giojelliere, Napoli.

Did You Know? Unknown Nouveau

If you’ve been enjoying my Ladies of the Months thus far, you might also enjoy the series of articles I’ve been writing on Patreon called Unknown Nouveau.

While Mucha is one of my strongest influences on this series, there are so many wonderful artists who emerged from the Art Nouveau movement during its prime between the 1880s and 1890’s.

The Unknown Nouveau articles focus on artists from the movement you might not have heard of, many who are also female artists who simply did not get the same attention as their male counterparts. I wanted to feature some of these lesser-known artists, as well as inspire and educate myself along the way.

You can start browsing my current Unknown Nouveau here.

Are you gonna get bored of me? 

I don’t know.

Necklace

René-Jules Lalique

c.1896-1899