Tag: art deco

Frankart & Nuart: Innovators of Everyday Art Deco Design

Written on May 22, 2020.

At Mark Lawson Antiques, we are endlessly excited to see the array of treasures folks bring in for evaluation. Though we are fortunate to see a potpourri of beautiful items every day, we take special delight in evaluating and buying Art Deco antiques of any kind. The form and style of Art Deco pieces are almost as popular now as when they first debuted in the 1920s. It is easy to understand why....

Find of the Week: Rare Asscher Cut Diamond Ring

Written on December 3, 2019.

A piece of fine antique jewelry set with an Asscher cut diamond is one of the rarest and most desirable pieces of jewelry that we find. This week on Find of the Week, we are showcasing an absolutely exceptional antique piece of jewelry. It is a beautiful Asscher cut diamond sapphire and platinum ornately engraved ring that was made sometime around 1920. It is accented with scattered clean and white...

Art Deco: 1920s Filigree Jewelry

Written on January 11, 2019.

Origin of Filigree Filigree jewelry has long been popular, with found samples in southern Asia dating to a few thousand years old and gold filigree flourishing in the Fatimid era of Egypt. Originally, filigree was made with delicate threads of precious metals being hand-manipulated by jewelers into intricate designs. This process took a lot of time and required expert craftsman. This made filigree...

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