Girandole Earrings
Girandole earrings are earrings of the past. Once upon a time, from the 1650s to the 1800s, they were the earrings worn at courts across Europe. Earlier girandole earrings were built along a horizontal axis, but over time they grew longer. Their shape is a central bow with three dangling drops hanging from it. Very few sets remain since most of them were torn apart to make other earrings or re-purposed to make pendants; wedded to the past, their components moved into the future, but the earrings did not.
These girandoles are the earrings of the future, upside-down and vertical. And continuing turning the girandole upside down, these earrings are made of recycled materials- recycled 19th century ivory, stainless steel, recycled silver, and recycled ebony. The earrings enable pieces from the past to move, changed, into a not-so-distant future.
These girandoles are the earrings of the future, upside-down and vertical. And continuing turning the girandole upside down, these earrings are made of recycled materials- recycled 19th century ivory, stainless steel, recycled silver, and recycled ebony. The earrings enable pieces from the past to move, changed, into a not-so-distant future.
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ReplyDeleteDefinitely prefer the earlier version... Mona
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