Belle Epoque Jewelry History. Arts and crafts jewelry pieces featured very simple designs. Vanessa cron brings high jewellery to life revealing the context of its creation throughout the twentieth century in this introduction to jewellery design. The industrial output of france tripled during the belle époque thanks to the continued effects and development of the industrial revolution the iron chemical and electricity industries grew providing raw materials which were used in part by the brand new car and aviation industries.
By 1stdibs editors. Which lasted from about 1880 until 1901 and ushered in the belle epoque.
The belle époque was a beautiful era but as mark twain described the gilded age it was a thin veneer hiding systemic problems discontent among the working classes political tensions between nation states militarism imperialism and to top it all an unyielding arms race that by 1914 was a bubble about to burst.
Jewelry at the auction house bonhams in new york. Queen victoria wore her heart on her sleeve and her fashion and jewelry reflected her emotions. Which lasted from about 1880 until 1901 and ushered in the belle epoque. The belle époque was a beautiful era but as mark twain described the gilded age it was a thin veneer hiding systemic problems discontent among the working classes political tensions between nation states militarism imperialism and to top it all an unyielding arms race that by 1914 was a bubble about to burst.
