From enamel laden engagement rings to golden cameo cufflinks, there's a piece of art nouveau jewelry for everyone—whether there's a wedding on the horizon or not. Every item on this page was chosen by ...

Buying fine jewelry is an experience quite unlike any other. The brilliance of a stone, the intricacy of the setting, and the way they play off each other can prompt an overwhelming sense of euphoria.

Exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ""A new, imperishable beauty," was how the artist and architect Henry van de Velde described it. European Art Nouveau jewelry of the late ...

A blooming flower, a butterfly spreading its wings and a beautiful young woman are transient symbols with their energy and youthfulness doomed to wane in the future. When these images are incorporated ...

11.4 x 4.7 cm. (4.5 x 1.9 in.) Signed: 'L. GAUTRAIT' (stamped) on front lower left. Eagle's head.on pendant top & chain. Literature: cf. The Belle Epoque of French Jewellery 1850-1910, Munich 1991, ...

Although it remains unclear whether the two men were ever acquainted, it’s easy to imagine architect Antonio Gaudí and jeweler Lluís Masriera meeting in a Barcelona café at the close of the 19th ...

Appraisal: Art Nouveau Jewelry Box, ca. 1900, from Santa Clara, Hour 2. In Santa Clara, Hour 2, Kelly Wright appraises a 1900 Art Nouveau Jewelry Box.

If there's an easy way to identify antique snobs, it's their quick and confident assignment of some "period" to a never-before-seen object. You hear these monikers all the time: Victorian, Art Nouveau ...

It was about six years ago that art curator Elyse Zorn Karlin got a phone call from Chicago philanthropist and art collector Richard H. Drieshaus. “Mr. Drieshaus collects all kinds of things — ...

Lalique and Picasso were among the early makers, and now lots of contemporary designers are creating their own versions. By Victoria Gomelsky Emily Waterfall, the head of Bonhams’s jewelry department ...