A digital archive showcasing the extensive collection of jewellery and adornment images shared on the former Ethnic Jewels Ning site over the years. These images have significantly enriched discussions on cultural adornment and its global dispersion.
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verry beautiful.i can tip for 2 countries.egypt, they are making them since long time, specialy in the end 19 th century until 1950 nad now , they are getting a new trend. the famous designer and jewelry maker " Azza Fahmy" is using this technique a lot in traditional and new jewelry.
it was also in Algeria in the colonie time, some fabrics for the european market, specialy in the big cities and beni yenni
Thanks for info, had no idea where this work is from. First time buying but it has good wear and age so most likely late 19th c or early 20th.
it does not look like but it is feligree work. ofcourse not easy to do, needs experience and talent to make it so perfekt.
verry nice piece,
very nice piece of art.
I agree with Ait. Algeria and even Tunisia, I believe, were producing these as well as pins and rings for export to the European market. There have been several discussions about them on this website. I think that Patti has a collection of them, Chantal has a few pieces as well.
Yes, and I got so much "flak" on them that I stopped posting them.......but I still love them and buy them -especially the brooches- !
chantal. please post the ones you have. they interest me and many another members.your items are always intersting and instrutif.maybe you took the think different from what the members write, belive me, i saw no flaking commentar.
It certainly is a strong and good piece of jewellery, but I also don't know just where to place it. It may as yet come to us when we come across other pieces from the culture to which this belongs. I am hopeful! Certainly the comments below are valuable ... but they don't pinpoint just one country. Maybe that means that it is deliberately "international" in its appeal, and strongly indicating its Islamic origin and quality of workmanship rather than one particular nation. Though I like it, I feel it is made "for effect", most likely for foreign buyers, I would have thought. But at a high level.