Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1860
Publication Place
Beirut (made) -
Subject
Jewellery Metalwork
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Diameter: 1.2cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
93-1873
Record ID
93-1873
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1860
Notes
The traditional jewellery of the Syrian region, which incorporated much of Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon as well as Syria itself in the 19th century, shows influences from a wide range of sources, reflecting Syriaâs strong trading traditions and central location. The jewellery worn in towns, which is often Ottoman or western in style, is frequently very different from that worn by the nomadic Bedouin, whose characteristic silver jewellery is much better known today. This delicate gold filigree earring with a central seed pearl is from the urban tradition. There is very little to distinguish it from filigree work from anywhere else around the Mediterranean, but there is no reason to think that it is not typical of what was worn in Syrian towns such as Beirut at the time.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Gold filigree set with a seed pearl Gold Seed Pearls Filigree
Fiziksel açıklama
Gold earring, consisting of a disc of open filigree, slightly convex, with a pearl wired to its centre, on the end of a curved wire.
Üretim
Beirut
