Whiteside & Blank Art Nouveau Iris Brooch etsy_on and better still for all

and better still for all eagle aficionados

Long known as one the most difficult of the enamel techniques

Brilliant as the day is long

Eight natural rubies

right hand splendor

Whiteside & Blank Art Nouveau Iris Brooch etsy_on and better still for allArt Nouveau was a new aesthetic arising around the turn of the 20th century which developed through the close examination of natural forms. Followers of the movement saw art and design as part of everyday life and in ordinary objects. Jewelry was especially receptive to these ideas focusing its dependence on aesthetics rather than on costly gemstone content. Fabricated by the firm of Whiteside & Blank, one of the players in the national jewelry center