Art Price Index: The 19th Century, A Hundred Years of Jewelry

Published on 03 February 2021, by Julia Vermeulen

Luxury, exoticism and references to the past marked 19^th-century jewelry.

€62,500Alexis Falize, yellow gold earrings, cloisonné enamel on both sides, decorated... Art Price Index: The 19th Century, A Hundred Years of Jewelry

€62,500
Alexis Falize, yellow gold earrings, cloisonné enamel on both sides, decorated with birds on a turquoise ground and white flowers on a blue ground.
Fontainebleau, Decembre 17, 2017. Osenat auction house.

The supply and demand of luxury goods rose considerably during the 19 th century as the bourgeoisie and aristocracy grew increasingly wealthy. The following selection presents the tastes that emerged as this trend gathered momentum. References to antiquity were fashionable between the First…

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