Jewelry Designs in Gold and Rose Gold, Plate 5 from "L'Art de la Bijouterie"

Printer Jean Francois Barousse French
 Publisher Librairie Polytechnique Baudry et Cie. French

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Plate with designs for jewelry in gold and rose gold, combined with decorations in enamel and pearls. The plate contains ten designs presented on a green background. At top are depicted a bracelet, a ring and a necklace. The lower half shows five pendants, of which two for a watch chain, and three for a necklace, as well as two pins, one decorated with a frog playing cymbals and the other with a satyr playing cards. This plate is part of a portfolio with designs for jewelry other small items in precious metals produced by the printer Barousse. According to the frontispiece, 24 plates with designs are issued annually. Within the portfolio the color lithographs are combined with a translucent sheet of paper on which the silhouettes of the objects have been printed. These would make it easier for artists to transfer the design for execution.

Jewelry Designs in Gold and Rose Gold, Plate 5 from "L'Art de la Bijouterie", Jean Francois Barousse (French, Saint-Bertrand 1824–1890 (?)), Color lithograph

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