Christie’s Sells Cullinan Dream, Sets New Record

Back in May, the auction house Christie’s announced the sale of the fancy intense blue diamond called the Cullinan Dream. At 24.18 carats, the diamond was regarded as a rare find. Now, the diamond holds the title as the most expensive fancy intense blue diamond to be sold.

Fetching more than $25 million, the diamond was auctioned at Christie’s on Thursday in New York. Classified as a Type llb diamond, the Cullinan Dream comes from the 122.52-carat rough blue diamond found in the Cullinan Mines of South Africa. The largest of four diamonds to be found, the diamond falls into a rare category that accounts for less than one-half of the 1% of all diamonds found.

Its unique color is the result of small amounts of boron being trapped in the crystal carbon structure during the formation of the diamond. The Cullinan Dream is now set as a cut-cornered rectangular mixed-cut fancy intense blue diamond and is flanked on either side by a tapered baguette-cut diamond. Other well-known diamonds that have been mined from the Cullinan mine include the 3,106-carat rough diamond that is known as the Cullinan Diamond. This rough diamond was then cut into two magnificent gems that now sit on the Imperial State Crown and Sceptre of the British Crown Jewels.

David Yurman opens NYC flagship

Fine jewelry and watch brand David Yurman has opened a second New York Store in the city’s SoHo district.

Opening doors to customers Wednesday, the 2,000-square-foot space is located in the Cast Iron Historic district, inside a 19th century building featuring a trompe l’oeil mural by artist Richard Haas.

And the location is something of a nostalgia trip for Yurman:

“I cut my teeth as a sculptor and an artist in this neighborhood – it truly is home for Sybil and me,” explained the designer and CEO.

“What was the epicenter of gallery culture in New York has since evolved into a vibrant, international destination. We’re thrilled to be a part of this community’s past, present and future.”



Alongside the brand’s jewelry and watch lines the new store also contains two bronze angels crafted by Yurman himself (pictured above), which reference his other direct-welded sculptures.

The interior design touches include live-edge wood surfaces and metal finishes, as well as plenty of paintings by his wife Sybil. The store will also stock a selection of exclusive pieces created especially for the boutique.

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Fabergé To Launch E-Commerce Website

The luxury Lifestyle blog (the home of luxury Lifestyle) presents Fabergé To Launch E-Commerce Website.

 
Fabergé, iconic master jeweler, brings its legacy into the 21st century with a new state-of-the-art online boutique, launching April 16th, 2012.

Clients are invited to discover the fascinating world of Fabergé online, exploring its rich history and browsing Fabergé’s contemporary high and fine jewelry collections.

Each of the Fabergé collections (Les Saisons Russes, Les Fabuleuses, Les Fameux, Le Carnet de Bal, Solyanka and Les Favorites) will be represented by a hand-painted illustrations that captures “the artistry, romance and legend of Fabergé.

The site also features an interactive area where customers can engage further with the world of Fabergé, experiencing social projects such as the Mir Fabergé art initiative, available also as an iPad application.

the boutique enables clients to purchase selected items in multiple currencies complete with an international delivery service to more than 29 countries.

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Japan store offers $250k jewel lucky dip bag

A Japanese department store is offering anyone with a quarter of a million dollars a lucky dip bag stuffed with expensive jewellery to ring in the New Year.

One lucky customer prepared to hand over a numerically significant 20.12 million yen ($259,000) can celebrate the turn of the year with a fistful of precious baubles.

The “fukubukuro” (lucky bag) — a feature of the New Year in Japan, one of the country’s most important holidays — will go on sale on January 2.

Customers do not know the exact contents of fukubukuro, but they are usually bought on the understanding that the contents will be worth more than the sale price.

“We hope it will lift spirits for the New Year,” said an official at Okajima Department Store in Kofu, a city 100 kilometres (60 miles) west of Tokyo.

The store said the three pieces of jewellery — platinum rings featuring a 3.13-carat emerald and a 79.20-carat tourmaline, both glittering with diamonds, and a pendant with a 172.53-carat aquamarine — would normally retail at 50 million yen.

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Elizabeth Taylor pearl sells for $11.84 million

The luxury Lifestyle blog (the home of luxury Lifestyle) presents Elizabeth Taylor pearl sells for $11.84 million.

 
A huge pearl once worn by European royalty and last owned by Elizabeth Taylor sold for a record $11.84 million at a blockbuster auction in New York on Tuesday.

“La Peregrina,” depicted in art works over the centuries and coveted by kings and queens, was bought for Taylor by her actor husband Richard Burton in 1969.

The pear-shaped white pearl was a highlight of Christie’s sale of the legendary jewelry and fashion collections amassed by Taylor, the “Crown Jewels of Hollywood.”

Apart from its remarkable size — 203 grains, the equivalent to 50 carats — and association with the Taylor, the pearl comes with a story matched by few necklaces.

Discovered in the 16th century in the Gulf of Panama, one of the first recorded owners was King Philip II of Spain.

It passed on to the Spanish queens Margaret and Elisabeth, who proudly wore the pearl in 17th century portraits painted by Velazquez.

The treasure went into French hands in the 19th century when Napoleon’s brother, Joseph Bonaparte, briefly ruled Spain.

The actress, who died in March at the age of 79, had seven husbands during her glamorous life, countless admirers and a passion for jewelry.

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Fabergé launches first ad campaign

The luxury Lifestyle blog (the home of luxury Lifestyle) presents Fabergé launches first ad campaign.

 
Fabergé has unveiled its first advertising campaign shot by famed fashion photographer Mario Testino and creative-directed by Fabergé’s Katharina Flohr.

Rising Russian-Lithuanian model Bee Gee appears in the ads, wearing resplendent pieces from the Les Fabuleuses de Fabergé and Les Saisons Russes collections.

“The campaign captures the intense and emotive glamour and story-telling that characterizes all contemporary Fabergé creations,” says the company in a release.

The campaign will launch in the December issue of several major titles in the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland and the US.

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Dolce & Gabbana Jewelry Fall 2011

The luxury Lifestyle blog (the home of luxury Lifestyle) presents Dolce & Gabbana Jewelry Fall 2011.

 
Bianca Balti stars in the fall 2011 Dolce & Gabbana jewelry advertisements lensed by Giampaolo Sgura.

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Dior’s Animated Film “Mise en Dior”

The luxury Lifestyle blog (the home of luxury Lifestyle) presents Dior’s Animated Film “Mise en Dior”.

 
Following recent machine-inspired videos by Chanel and Dior, the latter has released yet another creative ad, this time for its Mise en Dior necklace.

Christian Dior’s creative director of accessories, Camille Miceli, was the visionary behind the film named after the first necklace she created.

Shot from the perspective of one of its pearls, the pinball-inspired film follows its journey along the steps of the creation of the necklace, with every completed detail being ‘rewarded’ with an iconic Dior piece, such as the Lady Dior bag.

“Life and society have been quite depressed, so I asked myself, ‘How could we have some fun?’ We came up with a pinball machine,” Miceli told WWD.

Watch the video — thought up by Dior’s accessories creative director Camille Miceli.

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Tiffany & Co. Fall 2011 Campaign

The luxury Lifestyle blog (the home of luxury Lifestyle) presents Tiffany & Co. Fall 2011 Campaign.

 
Doutzen Kroes is back for Tiffany & Co’s Fall/Winter 2011 campaign, photographed in New York city by Peter Lindbergh.

 

 

 

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Christy Turlington models jewelry for Louis Vuitton

The luxury Lifestyle blog (the home of luxury Lifestyle) presents Christy Turlington models jewelry for Louis Vuitton.

 
Christy Turlington is back for the third consecutive season as face of Louis Vuitton High Jewelry — here’s a behind-the-scenes video from the shoot of the F/W ads.

Turlington, who like her fellow “original supermodels” still stars in campaigns on a regular basis, can currently also be seen in Maybelline’s beauty ads.

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Fabulous Glamour Jewelry and Luxury Fashions

The luxury Lifestyle blog (the home of luxury Lifestyle) presents Fabulous Glamour Jewelry and Luxury Fashions.

This video from Linda Caricofe shows the best in luxury.

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Rothschild tiara sells for over £1 million in London

The luxury Lifestyle blog (the home of luxury Lifestyle) presents Rothschild tiara sells for over £1 million in London.

A dazzling pearl and diamond tiara once owned by a celebrated member of Britain’s de Rothschild empire on Wednesday sold at a London auction for £1,161,250.

The bejewelled item belonged to Hannah de Rothschild, whom was at one time the richest woman in Britain and whom went on to marry dashing aristocrat and future prime minister the Earl of Rosebery.

Three pieces of jewellery owned by the countess of Rosebery were sold at Wednesday’s “Important Jewel Sale” at Christie’s auction house.

“The Rosebery pearl and diamond tiara, bracelet and brooch were at the heart of Lady Rosebery’s vast array of magnificent jewels, which rivaled those of crowned heads of Europe at the time,” Keith Penton, Head of Jewels at Christie’s, said.

“They are a rare survival of 19th century English aristocratic splendour, as so much ancestral jewellery has been sold anonymously, remounted or broken down”.

The granddaughter of Nathan Mayer Rothschild, founder of NM Rothschild & Sons, became Britain’s richest woman when her father, Mayer Amschel, died in 1874.

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Rare pink diamond fetches $10.8 million

The luxury Lifestyle blog (the home of luxury Lifestyle) presents Rare pink diamond fetches $10.8 million.

 

An extremely rare translucent pink diamond fetched a price of $10.8 million at a Sotheby’s auction on Tuesday, the third-highest price ever paid for one of the pink stones at auction.

“It is the third-highest price for a pink diamond at auction,” auctioneer David Bennett told journalists after the sale.

The 10.99-carat, emerald-cut stone was classed as a type IIa diamond, with the type II category making up less than two percent of gem diamonds.

The pure colour of the diamond, mounted in a ring, is classified as “Fancy Intense Pink” by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA).

Stones in this category are the most chemically pure and often have a rare transparency. They have been found in India and in more recent times in Brazil and Africa.

Valued earlier at between 8.3 and 14.8 million Swiss francs, the pink diamond had come from a private collection and had not appeared on the market for more than 30 years.

Sotheby’s said it was one of the highlights of its “Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels” auction in Geneva Tuesday.

Another was an emerald and diamond tiara dating from 1900, as well as Kashmir sapphires and Burmese rubies.

The tiara sold for $10 million, not including commission, at the top end of how it had been earlier valued.

“I do not think that the market for coloured diamonds has ever been as strong as it is today,” Bennett said.

A 24.78-carat Fancy Intense Pink diamond was sold for a record $46.16 million at a Sotheby’s auction in Geneva in November.

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Naturally Precious

The luxury Lifestyle blog (the home of luxury Lifestyle) presents Naturally Precious.

 
Nature is an abundant source of inspiration for many jewelry designers, but newcomer Brooke Kanani Sachs takes actual elements from the forest and beach and casts them in 18-karat gold settings with diamond and gemstone accents to create her one-of-a-kind pieces. The jeweler’s seedpod ring, for instance, is an actual seed she treated for durability, set with a baguette diamond center, and framed on a gold band. “The juxtaposition of these objects with the refined qualities of precious metals and stones is a way of paying homage to nature in a way that I truly see fit,” says Sachs, who trained for four years with an old-world craftsman where she learned the traditional lost wax method of casting. She continues to make each piece of jewelry from start to finish from her Hopkinton, R.I., studio.

In addition to natural resources, elements in nature also inspire designs. “I am intrigued by the anthropomorphic quality of trees, the ripples in the sand that are left behind by the waves or wind, bones, shells, rocks, horseshoe crabs, seedpods, birds, animals, and many other things that we tend to take for granted in our demanding lives,” she says. Her pieces start at $400 in sterling silver and range to $10,000 for items in 18-karat gold. (401.714.5172, www.brookekanani.com )

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Black Gold – Fine Metal for Fashion

The luxury Lifestyle blog (the home of luxury Lifestyle) presents Black Gold – Fine Metal for Fashion.

Today black gold is revealed its inner features to get trendy and elite. The gold radically changed the color to become the part of trendy collections by reputed jewelers. It is worthacquiring by the wealthiest persons to turn into the trendy metal for daily use. It is independent and luxury, unique and classic, modest and provocative at the same time.

The authentic black gold is not mined as the ordinary gold but produced in scientific laboratories instead on the base of ordinary yellow gold by various technologies. The black color is achieved when cobalt and chrome are oxidized together at high temperature, or when the yellow gold is covered with black rhodium or amorphous carbon. Nevertheless, the technology of acquiring black jewelry is not known to all jewelers in details. And therefore, black gold is still cloaked in mystery and magic.

And this could be the reason why black gold is not the frequent component in designer collections of famous jewelers in spite of the fact that black jewelry was first exhibited at Вasel-2001. However, in 2004 Fawaz Gruosi actively demonstrated the precious metal in his collections creating amazingly gorgeous jewels based on this metal. The other jewelers prefer introducing black gold in their collections step by step, jewel by jewel, being concerned about some negative response from public. However, this unique metal found the way to hearts of the elite for obvious reasons. Whereas brown gold is the base of the current season, designers are anticipating the further «darkening» of the precious metal to black color.

Elegance and delicateness of the black gold is the absolute reasons why it is loved by the elite society. And in view of these features compared with the classic yellow gold, this dainty metal has the sufficient ductility and strength to create incredibly beautiful jewelry from it. As an example, blue, green and violet gold is too fragile and can serve as insets into some other basic metal. Apart from unique color, the black precious metal keeps its high strength at the quite high purity. So, yellow gold .750 is too soft and it easily abrades with usual wear and tear, and therefore it is preferred for solemn functions and events that happen rarely. Unlike the yellow gold, the black gold of the same purity can be used every day causing excitement and adornment from the surrounds with the elegance of the jewelry.

The dark color is exclusive as such as well as the white color, and when the delicate fine work by the reputed jeweler is presented in dark color, it is worth acquiring. Men tend to accentuate on the black gold for their accessories opting for this metal for the match of elegance and manhood, and moreover, black and white is the classic math winning forever. So, in the nearest future we can expect a greater number of black jewelry for men and dark color watch bracelets. This metal is likely to replace the yellow gold and even titanium in Swiss watches.

Most jewelers caught the fancy of the white gold and platinum mostly for the reason that any diamond on the ground of white metals shines with brilliance of purity, even with some yellowish insertions and other defects. Rubies, emeralds, sapphires, topazes play for showy colors on the lighter background. And therefore the match of two shades at least are usually employed when the basic part is made from yellow, pink or red gold, while the white gold served as the background for the play of precious stones.

The black gold is considered as the metal to discolor with precious stones since it darkens the shine of them making it dull and changes the color. Black diamonds seem not to get dull on the black background. However, the jeweler Fawaz Gruosi experimented with colors and found out that emeralds and rubies on the dark background look less glamorous but more ceremonial, while diamonds show every single facet of play. The person non-expert in jewels and purity can easily notice the quality of the stone on the ring or necklace. And thus, it is thanks to black gold that defects and drawbacks are hard to conceal, and advantages can be only revealed, in regards to crystals minerals and humans, on the whole. 

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Golden Watches – Classic of Today

The luxury Lifestyle blog (the home of luxury Lifestyle) presents Golden Watches – Classic of Today.

 
Everlasting classic is golden watches as the successful accessory to complement the image of the thriving and elegant person. However, such mechanisms are not designed for time keeping but for the purposes of a jewelry item. Whatever they come for whatever purpose, golden watches is the symbol of luxury and wealth. Yet, the wealth can differ from person to person.

Origin of golden watches

Pocket golden watches appeared when the watch-making art was in the process of development. Due to the pricing, the watches were affordable to wealthiest people and the accessories were made luxury with the help of precious metals and gems. When making new mechanisms, the designers compete in the luxury trimming and style of watches. Golden wrist watch was introduced at the same time with the first wrist watches which were likely be the jewelry than time keepers.

The model of watches by the Swiss Breguet has the title of the first golden wrist watches which was custom in 1810 and made in two years for Napoleon’ s sister, the King of Naples. The watches were depicted as the elongated-shaped watches with easy running equipped with the thermometer and silver guilloche dial plate with Arab digits with the bracelet weaved from the finest golden threads and human hair.

Technologies of today

Much water has flowed under the bridges since then though the Swiss people still lead as ever in he sphere of gold watches manufacture spending 8 to 12 tons of gold per year, and 10 to 13 tons of gold for bracelets. Gold is the unique metal that does not go pale and does not change the color to be ideal for every day wear. Gold of low assay is mainly used with the alloy of copper and silver. Apart from the bracelet and the case, there are watches made from the entire gold. Skeleton watches look especially incredible when done with open mechanism, when the magic of perfect running of the complex mechanism and the special change of gold shades to create the luxury ensemble.

Rolex is the leading company to use gold per single watch. Designers of this brand use around forty grams of gold to make the case unlike the other brands that can afford 8 grams of gold for average women watch. The bracelets are also amazing and it takes Rolex from 20 to 100 grams of gold for them, and again ahead of other companies.

Expensive but stylish

Golden watch is costly to afford and thus this is the purchase to consider and plan. In addition, this is the accessory which complements the image of a solid man. Lately the golden pocket watch with the fanciest complicated mechanisms are in among men and many brands initiated developing their items. The most expensive and technically complicated watch in 2009 was Patek Philippe Calibre 89, sold on November 15, 2009 at the Antiquorum auction for $ 5 million US dollars. The watch was made from almost 900 finest items and the clockwork was put in the case of 18-carat yellow gold weighing 1,1 kg in the whole.

Patek Philippe Company can boast with the other work- the golden wrist watch by the reputed Italian racer and the automobile designer the count to have been sold at Christie's in 2008 for $2,5 million US dollars to become the most expensive wristwatch. Only watch by Vacheron Constantin Tour de l'Ile for $1,5 million USD made from 834 finest particles collected in the 18-carat case of pink gold can compete with the above. The most expensive Chopard watch for women available for $25 million US dollars made from 18-carat gold studded with diamonds distinguish among other watches for ladies. 

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Watch caskets – luxury accessory for time keepers

The luxury Lifestyle blog (the home of luxury Lifestyle) presents Watch caskets – luxury accessory for time keepers.

 
The watch is the jewelry that exerts the special attention. The mechanism known for the complex, accurate and delicate peculiarity does not stand the negligent approach for it needs care and foster. Watch boxes is the perfect solution to store reputed watches with comfort as family collection as well as antique wristwatches and pocket time keepers. The exclusive models of cases come as the best gift for VIP persons offering the lavish gift package for the watch of less value.

The reputed brands usually come to use the special watch boxes with the company logo. So, Patek Philippe or Hamilton, the regular bidders at the world auctions, keep the tradition to present their products in specials caskets made from fine wood and trimmed with silk and leather, from time to time complemented with a tiny case with a glass lid. The exclusive watch in precious casket goes for several million dollars at auctions sometimes.

Caskets go close to the origin of pocket and wrist watches. However, the models of watch cases offered today are designed to store the entire collections of watches they are proud of. They can take it on them when traveling, either.

Caskets for travelers

Watch caskets for traveling purposes have a special design as tiny or roll-shaped. They are usually made from the subtle leather with one or two slots for watches. So, the Champ-Collection Company from Germany is specialized in manufacture of such watch accessories. The base material is the high quality calf. The caskets are easily stored in suitcases to care it well. The price range for German watch caskets go from $50 US dollars to several hundreds.

The ones who appreciate the prestigious brands, Louis Vuitton launched the limited edition of traveling watch caskets. They come as cases for three watches for men or four tiny watches for women, as well as the small collection of eight pieces to suit every ensemble. The caskets are made from the ox hide of the chocolate with milk shade with the company logo. A big casket is decorated with the protective corners with gilding, and the smaller one is of the rigid case that protects the fragile mechanism while traveling.

Multi-sectional cases made from the light material or leather and equipped with the special shock system is the special type of portable watch caskets. The whole collections of exclusive Swiss watches are transported in such boxes.

Caskets for collectors

One of the Easer eggs by Carl Fabergé is probably one of the legendary and exclusive watch caskets. This is the model of caskets for the series of Fabergé eggs with the surprise as The Nobel Ice Egg from 1886. The snowflake-shaped pendant watch is placed inside made from the white gold and mother-of-pearl which is the perfect material to give the icing shape and look, increased with a glimpse of diamonds reminding of the blink of snow spangles. The approximate estimate for the egg is about $50 million US dollars, and today the egg-casket is stored in private collection.

Presently the watch casket manufacturers opt for less expensive materials though they produce incredibly luxury and beautiful items to room several dozens of time keepers. So, the Italian brand Scatola del Tempo produces quite elegant and delicate caskets. High quality fine wood is used that is trimmed later with the expensive leather. The inner part is like the royal bed made from the delicate fragile suede or supple velvet. Fine golden secret locks protect the caskets.

Osvaldo Agresti, the manufacturer from Italy, is specialized in unique wooden watch caskets. The designers for this brand manually pick up the material with the natural pattern formed as the result of exfoliation of wooden fibers. Later on the technology of manual incrustation is applied to make the caskets unique and exclusive.

The reputed brands involved in production of watch caskets include the Underwood Company producing elite leather boxes sold in many European boutiques, the Austrian Company Buben & Zorweg, Orbita from America and so forth. Watches are easy to store in such caskets, and yet, these caskets are a proud to expose jewelry or sports models to guests. The price varies from several hundred US dollars to several thousands.

The Perrelet Company keeps abreast of the times to improve the production and manufacture caskets not only for watch storage. The Tower casket is the maxi-box with two departments for watches, a place for iPod nano with the 8G memory flash card. The Tower is made from fine wood of dark colors and the aluminum case with the built-in Logitech acoustic systems for the quality sound.

Watch caskets is the essential accessory for precious watch lovers and for those who cannot live without watches of various style for various occasions. 

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Semi-Precious Stones – Glittering Symbols

The luxury Lifestyle blog (the home of luxury Lifestyle) presents Semi-Precious Stones – Glittering Symbols.

 
Mohs scale of hardness put the start to division of stones for precious and semi-precious and in ancient times various stones ere appreciated for various cases. So, the Egyptians preferred jewelry from emeralds, turquoise, amethysts and rock crystal while the Romans loved diamonds and sapphires. During the Renaissance and baroque epochs wealthy people preferred rubies, sapphires and topazes while the rococo period dictated diamonds to glitter on clothing. So, stones were selected to match the clothing, the mood and personal preferences.

Ensembles of people of the romanticism period were mostly decorated with precious gems giving beauty to the world around and the heart of people. That was the time when stones were attributed the special symbol, when every single semiprecious stone had the particular meaning. Jewelers of that time acted as designers and healers when they helped to select the stones of particular meaning for particular person to match their emotional and physical needs.

The impact of the precious and semi-precious stones on the human organism, the physiology, feelings and emotions are known from old times, though with every year the scientists and researchers looked for more evidences of interaction between stones and humans, stones and planets, connecting macrocosmos and microcosm. And even today, use of semi-precious stones as talismans and healing elements is not absurd and influence of minerals on humans is proved through centuries, yet, the symbolism in jewelry is back again.

This is required especially when many of us can afford precious stones to own, and rare diamonds and emeralds are still mined hardly ever. Unlike them, rare and unique stones can be acquired for the reasonable price due to huge amount of semi-precious gems. Some semi-precious stones appear more expensive than precious stones, though, due to sizes and unique features. It is worth stating that whatever demanded is the market of fake precious gems, semi-precious stones are also imitated. Alexandrite lost its positions among semi-precious gems which was the elite stone in the high society in Russia in old times when the great number of fake stones without unique features and beauty cut use of alexandrite as the jewelry stone for clothing and decoration.

Onyx, nephritis or jade and turquoise are often faked, though the real beauty of natural stones allows finding the difference between the fake gem and semi-precious stone. Lately the number of fake gems decreased since semi-precious stones somewhat outdated, and the jewelers gave their fundamental concentration to precious stones. However, today semi-precious stones are in again in the niche of elite jewelry as additional crystals to highlight the glimpse of real jewels or individual jewelry items. A wide range of colors, matte texture, translucency and other features, semi-precious stones win the market of jewelry gradually allowing creation of unique and exclusive jewelry items with exceptional and rare minerals.

It is known that most semi-precious stones cannot boast with long and prominent history though most of them bear the particular symbolic meaning to serve as talismans to protect particular Zodiac sign persons or persons of particular profession or particular social group members. So, superstitious sailors keep emerald while sailing, artistic people prefer tourmaline or amethyst, and small children are advised that they wear moonstone.

According to superstitions, the moonstone is the mineral that helps kids grow intelligent since the mineral is believed to stimulate mental activity and increase skills to sciences. The garnet is considered the stone for those who are in love, for friends and who believe in friendship and loyalty. The mineral sparkles and glitters in blood-red glares when a person obsession with passion wears it. And every Zodiac sign has particular stones and minerals especially assigned to protect, to highlight individual features and help control negative emotions.

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Art of Jewelry in Ancient Russia

The luxury Lifestyle blog (the home of luxury Lifestyle) presents Art of Jewelry in Ancient Russia.

 
The jewelry art in Russia was impressive for the masters from ancient Europe. Yet, today fashion designers are also captivated with ancient art of jewelry to borrow the ancient techniques and decorations to create their own items. So, the temple rings were transformed into earrings of larger size, and charms today come as pendants, al the items are done using the technique of blackening, filigree and plique-a-jour which are still exploited today.

The art of jewelry in Ancient Russia was fascinating for Europeans since not only western technologies were used by the Russians. The links with merchants from the East had also affected the development of Russian craft work. Unlike the refined geometry figures most likely used in the East, Russian designers mixed various techniques which resulted in items of incredible beauty and performance.

One of the famous tendencies is granulation technique when thousands of fine metal beads are welded to one and the same item creating the magic play of color without using precious metals and stones. Here, the basics of jewelry craft work was used to make with the help of molding when the wax was used for more expensive and limited jewels, and stone mold were used for mass production items.

Due to filigree technique, whether superimposed or laced, the light and dynamic relief ornament was created. Today filigree is most known in the world as one of fine craft works and lately the bracelets done with this technique are too popular. In the 12th century, when items were made for mass production, one of the popular techniques were engraving ad blackening onto silver, while the background was made dark with the lighter picture and image above.  The technique was skilful enough to create elegant and refined miniatures.

In spite of the fact that most jewelry was lost during the Mongol overlordship, the archeologists managed to restore some unique jewelry items after. So, pairs of hollow golden and silver pendants fastened to the headwear on chain used by the urban beauties within 11th-13th centuries can create the interest and concern of fashionmongers from today with the fine performance. Especially the golden pendants decorated manually with the river pearls and prints of the fancy birds with women hair made in the technique of the plique-a-jour.

The Grivna of Vladimir Mononmach is known to be lost and discovered by archeologists later. This chased medallion of the 11th century showed the lady’s head on one side rounded by eight snakes with the pray against diseases in Greek language, and the other side showed the archangel Michael who was assigned to protect the jewel owner from devilish intrigues. The finest performance of the medallion is too skilled that the jewel was estimated as the size of Prince contribution from the average city according to scripts of that time.

The term «jeweler» appeared in 13th century in Russia and due to new techniques and active use of precious stones the jewelry art was found in its bloom that period. In the early 19th century the Russian designers elaborated their own style different from the European standards, and almost every single jeweler had their own features and peculiarities.

Every master had his own style, his own unique jewelry items which were appreciated at the court of the Russian Emperor and by the royal families of other countries. Thus, the Easter Faberge eggs, different from egg to egg, were ordered by the Emperor for his family, while cheaper works of the jeweler like cigarette cases were afforded by less wealthier persons. Today Russian designers still launch unique works of art, staying faithful to roots, and, thus, many jewelry items made in Russia are still highly demanded at the world market.

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Colored Gold – the Precious Riot of Shades

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Yellow gold is deemed as the quintessence of refinement and perfect manners, the sign of perfect taste and style. Gold is available in red, pink, green, blue and even black colors, though. Reputed jewelry houses employ all the shades to create their accessories while colored gold is only seizing minds of ordinary consumers. Average consumer still refers to colored gold as to the metal of lower purity and quality.

Colored gold was first employed by jewelers in the end of the XIX century when new metals of precious group were developed as osmium, rhodium and palladium. Production designers put some efforts and experimented with alloys. The color additive has nothing to affect the quality and purity of the gold.

The jewelry industry never uses absolutely pure gold. The .585 fine gold has 58,5% of precious metal while the gold of .750 fine has the 75% metal, respectively. It is interesting that most accessories from color gold come as gold of .750 fine.

The colored additive is called alloy in jewelry sphere. And the shade of gold depends on its composition. The most popular alloys are silver and copper.

White gold

The jewelry items from white gold are ranked as reputable and worthy. It is often exploited to trim diamonds. Palladium and platinum are used to make white gold. Yet, the alloy differs from the natural platinum in color, with the slight tint of yellow. Nickel is less expensive to add to white gold though reputed jewelers quit using it since nickel often causes allergic reaction when contacted with the skin.

Pink and red gold

When copper is added to gold, pink and red shades are obtained for the more copper is there in the alloy, the richer and deeper is the color. From old times red gold is used to cast church domes and some time late it was practiced in making women’s jewelry and accessories. Red and pink gold are known also as the love gold and quite romantic and gentle jewelry is made from them.

Green gold

Silver, zinc and palladium are used in equal proportions to obtain the greenish shade. Green or olive gold is made when gold is alloyed with potassium. These alloys are too fragile and are not, thus, appropriate to cast whole jewelry. Precious stones are trimmed with yellow gold insertions and they are also used to imitate floristic elements in jewelry design.

Blue gold

The composition and technology of blue gold acquiring has been the secret for many years as well as the black gold mystery. Some jewelry houses publish some information at corporate web-sites on the gold obtained with the alloy of indium or rhodium. The blue gold by the Argentinean jeweler Antoniassi who obtained the alloy of .958 fine was found the real fable. The percentage of the pure precious metal is over ninety percent. His colleagues suspect that the designer added some cobalt to gold.

Violet gold

The exotic violet color was attained by the intermetallic compound of .750 fine with aluminum or potassium. This is not the alloy but the sol-called metallide. К unfortunately, the violet gold has the disadvantage to all other color gold since it is incredibly fragile and is used in jewelry as the insetting or imitation of faceted precious stones.

Black gold

Black color seems to be the most unusual for the precious metal. To obtain this shade, the gold is mixed with cobalt and chromium simultaneously oxidizing the new assembly at higher temperature. The surface is painted to black color with the help of the black rhodium or amorphous carbon.

Black gold looks benefitial when combined with other color gold, like alloy with classic yellow, red and white.

Tendencies by reputed brands

The jewelry combination of cold colors, as clack, white and blue come to become the major tendency of the jewelry world this season. Gold jewelry of appropriate color gamut will also in favor.

The jewelry house Chopard is still faithful to its traditions accentuating the white and pink gold. The Frey Wille Company presented the collection of 18 Carat Jewelry based upon rings and pendants styled hippies of the most adventurous shades of color gold.

Boucheron, known for its sympathy to black gold presented the new wonder – the ring from the gold of chocolate tint created by the designer Solange Azaguri-Patridge. It is made as the chocolate with the bite with B letter in the core.

The King of jewelry, Cartier House with the Graf House demonstrated unique jewelry items from white gold based upon yellow gold, though.

Gold is still gold, whatever color it is and it is still the most popular and demanded precious metal among others. 

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