Renaissance
Earrings
History
For as long as man has sort to adorn himself he has
found ways and places to put adornments. Ear
piercing is a long tradition whose origins are lost in time.
From tribal cultures to the courtly grandeur of sixteenth century Europe,
men and women alike have chosen to wear earrings.
The earring seen in the mid to late sixteenth century
is of a pendant style. That being,
either a single gem, or a metal jewel with gems set in and/or suspended from
them, hanging from an ear wire in the form of a hoop.
The vast majority of earrings I make use real pearls or
semi precious gems. Shepherd hook ear wires have been used for many as a modern
compromise. The suspended gem is
the main focus.
Hoops that have beads on the hoop wire are glass beads.
Venice was famous for it glass production then and now.
Both glass and all the gems used were available in the time frame being
represented.
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Da Carpi Portrait of a Lady |
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Livinia Fontana Portrait of a Noble Woman |
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of a Lady (Possibly Countessa Lucia Albani Avogadro) Approx. 1557-60
National Gallery, London, by Moroni |
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There
are many more earring designs I have made. I
have delved back in time to some other lovelies.
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2007 to Deborah Lane ©
, 2003 to Deborah Murray ©
or Mistress Oonagh O'Neill ©.
All Original renaissance art works and artefacts are not copyright to Deborah
Lane, and are shown for educational use only. If you see something you'd
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