Jewelry design is the art or profession of designing and creating jewellery, one of civilization's earliest forms of decoration, dating back at least 7,000 years to the earliest known human societies in the Indus Valley, Mesopotamia and Egypt. Its methods have ranged across the centuries from the beadwork of ancient times to the metalworking and gem-cutting practiced today.
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MediumGemstones, amber, coral, precious metals, beads and shells 1 Signature TechniqueForging, casting, soldering, cutting, carving and cold-joining 1 Notable ExampleBritish crown jewels (containing the Cullinan Diamond) 1 Partially Attested
Place of OriginMorocco (oldest known beads, Bizmoune cave near Essaouira) 1 Oldest known jewellery-type artefacts (beads, about 142,000 years old) come from Morocco; earlier finds are possible and the art form as a design profession has no single place of origin. Jewelry Design
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Cloisonne enamel is also worked as a jewelry-design technique, not only on vessels and icons.
Damascening is used in jewelry-design as well as on arms, armor and larger metalwork.
Filigree wirework is a core jewelry-design technique as well as a broader metalwork one.
Niello inlay is widely used in jewelry-design as well as on larger metalwork.
Practitioners
Source Andrea del Verrocchio (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Archibald Knox
Source Wikipedia: Benvenuto Cellini
Source Wikipedia: Elsa Peretti
Source Wikidata: Rene Lalique
Additional Source Rene Lalique (Wikipedia)Lead
Works In This Form
Gold and enamel table sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini, 1543.
Faberge jeweled Easter egg.
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1. Jewellery (Wikipedia)
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Jewellery may be made from a wide range of materials. Gemstones and similar materials such as amber and coral, precious metals, beads, and shells have been widely used.
Techniques section
Silversmiths, goldsmiths, and lapidaries use methods including forging, casting, soldering or welding, cutting, carving and 'cold-joining' (using adhesives, staples and rivets to assemble parts).
History section, earliest beads paragraph
The original beads are the oldest known pieces of such artefacts dated to about 142,000 years. They were found in 2019 by archaeologists in the Bizmoune cave near Essaouira, Morocco.
Gemstones section, Cullinan Diamond paragraph
The British crown jewels contain the Cullinan Diamond, part of the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found (1905), at 3,106.75 carats (621.35 g).
View the SourceAndrea del Verrocchio (Wikipedia)
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Andrea del Verrocchio ( və-ROH-kee-oh, US also -RAW-, Italian: [anˈdrɛːa del verˈrɔkkjo]; born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni; c. 1435-1488) was an Italian sculptor, painter and goldsmith who was a master of a worksho
Wikipedia: Benvenuto Cellini
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Warburg Institute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P_FGZVeNcg Benvenuto Cellini (, Italian: [beɱveˈnuːto tʃelˈliːni]; 3 November 1500 - 13 February 1571) was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author. His best-known extant works include the Cellini Salt Cellar, the sculpture of Perseus with the Head of Medusa, and his autobiography, which has been described as "one of the most important documents of the 16th century".
Wikipedia: Elsa Peretti
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was an Italian jewelry designer and philanthropist as well as a fashion model
Rene Lalique (Wikipedia)
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René Jules Lalique (French pronunciation: [ʁəne ʒyl lalik]; 6 April 1860-1 May 1945) was a French jeweller, medallist, and glass designer known for his creations of glass art, perfume bottles, vases, jewellery, chandeliers, clocks, and automobile hood ornaments.
Wikipedia: Archibald Knox
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included silverware and pewterware, jewellery, inkwells, boxes, gravestones
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