Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-18
Fads and Fashions In Jewelry.
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More and more we are tending toward
the wearing of fine ornaments as a COM
plimentary part of the costume rather
than the use of precious stones in no
ways in keeping with the toilette they nc.
company. Women who understand the
art Of dress are spending their jewelry
allowance for sets and matched pieces in
fine metal workmanship set with semi
| precious stones. 1t Is fact we'll known
to the artistic dresser that jewels only
show to advantage when worn with cos
tune with which they harmonize; and
they must also be suited to the particular
type of woman who wears them. Nothing
could be more ineffective than the sallow
faced, craggy haired little woman who
adorns herself with an oriental Jade neck
lace, thereby depreciatlng an already al
most impossible complexion.
The fad for "semi-precious" jewelry has
amounted almost to a craze this season.
Corals and garnets easily lead. Every
true jewelry lover prefers old bits picked
up here and there, and perhaps remodeled.
If she starts out making a collection of
garnets, she keeps her eyes open in all
her travels for anything antique in these
charming red stones. The same is true
Of corals and of jade and lapis-lazuli.
The garnet and red coral have been
called the precious stones" of Holland.
This little country Is famous for other
things than It's bikes and windmills. 1t
has the largest and finest diamond-cutting
factories In the world but the diamonds
are only cut in the Dutch country, and
are sent to Paris and elsewhere to be set.
OIIo nlc tn Awe al ynrlr-
manship In gold and silver. Their fligree
jewelry is as fine as rare old lace. Every
peasant girl includes In her dover pieces
of gold work that her Weather sister
may well envy; necklaces, bracelets--and
If she be very prosperous-the gold head
piece with its curious gold ornaments. In
the necklaces and ear rings and pins we
find garnets and red coral settings, the
beauty of the stone greatly enhanced by
the workmanship of the metal. Necklaces
of garnet beads set with antique gold
clasps are to be picked up In Holland to-
day, and the red, or blood coral Is often
found in the little antique shops in
Amsterdam and The Hague. Often these
bits of coral-the drops of ear rings, or
SHAMELESS buttons. are tucked away In
little paper boxes that contain broken
bits OF jewelry, and it is only by per-
sistent search that the traveller can I'M
earth them.
The choicest of all corals is the Japa-
nese, n very deep red. almost n garnet.
Next to this In value and beauty comes
the white, or very delicate pink coral.
Purchasers of the delicate pink should
have care as to its genuineness, since 1t
is extensively initiated abroad.
The deep red corals should be set In
fine gold, that Is, the yellow gold that
comes in 20. % and "a karat. Pink corals
are more effective set in silver. Garnets
require the French gilt finish in the gold
setting to bring out their best points.
Jade is among the popular stones Of
the year. This is hard stone. trans
lucent, and ranging in color from dell
cate water green. nearly white. to a deep |
green. The Chinese do wonderful carv- |
Ing In jade or yu,. or yu-skin. as they |
call 1t. The larger pieces are used for |
vases and figure ornaments. and the |
smaller ones exquisitely carved into !
rings, chains. ornaments. bracelets and |
necklaces Jade is a stone that should |
show very little metal setting. particu-
arly If 1t be carved
turquoise may De ciasSeu as among the /
semi precious" stones, although some OF |
the choice bits are anything but mex
pensive. The best turquoise comes rom
Persia. This stone Is also found in our
,wn country In New Mexico, and GER
.ain greenish turquoise comes from Ne
1ada. There are Reconstructed" tur-
quo rs well as RECONSTRUCTED" rubies
Ind emeralds, and these are really very
e tive, since their settings are all that
me could require In the genuine article
Canoes of conch shell are coming into
prominence. Remember that the .erm
cameo" applies to the carving. and the !