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Richard Lindsay vintage silver jewelry

Richard Lindsay vintage silver jewelry

Whimsical cactus girl sterling silver earrings. 1986. Richard Lindsay vintage silver jewelry

Richard Lindsay vintage silver jewelry
Born in 1946 in Colorado, Richard Paul Lindsay is a talented artist, silversmith and designer whose jewelry pieces have become highly collectible. He began crafting silver jewelry nearly fifty years ago after moving to Tesuque in Santa Fe County, New Mexico in the mid-1970s. Following the artistic traditions of local silversmiths, he combined authentic Native American motifs and classic American design in his design. To create jewelry, Richard used high-quality gold, silver, precious and semi-precious stones. The designers marked his jewelry with the initials “RL” with a triangle logo, or “Richard Lindsay” in script.
Celebrities who have worn Lindsay jewelry include Meryl Streep, Madonna, Sandra Bullock, Paris Hilton, and more. The designer’s work has been featured on television and in the press, including Accessories, Ladies Home Journal and Life magazines.
Noteworthy, during his creative activity he launched several jewelry trademarks. First of them, in particular, was “RL” trademark registered in 1975 and active until 2004. Then, Walking Trout (1976), Happy Critters (1983-1998), Howling Coyote (1985-2005), Richard Lindsay Designs (1986-1993), and Brewski (1989-1995). Also, three trademarks “Lindski”, “Life In The Food Chain”, and “Zeno The Doggy Wonder” registered in 1992 ceased to exist in 1999.
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Canadian jewelry designer Robert Larin

Canadian jewelry designer Robert Larin

Modernist abstract design pewter brooch. 1960-70s. Canadian jewelry designer Robert Larin

Canadian jewelry designer Robert Larin (1968-1980s)
Mid-century Scandinavian modernist silver jewelry has inspired many designers around the world. Among them was the most notable Canadian modernist jewelers of the 1960s and 70s Robert Larin. Already at the age of 21, he founded his workshop on Rue Papineau in Montreal, where a team of artisans, most of whom were deaf, created quality refined jewelry. Handcrafted from pewter, oxidized metal alloys, silver and gold, these modernist pieces have been highly collectible today.
Noteworthy, after closing his workshop in 1977, Robert Larin founded the eponymous company Bijoux Robert Larin Inc. Registered in 1979 at 315, rue Benjamin Hudon, Ville St – Laurent, Québec, Bijoux Robert Larin Inc. ceased to exist in the early 1980s. Accordingly, the maker’s mark differs and may include “Robert Larin” in script, or R.Larin in block letters.
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Amita Damascene vintage jewelry

Amita Damascene vintage jewelry

Japanese landscape design with river, boat and mount Fuji brooch pin. Amita Damascene vintage jewelry

Amita Damascene vintage jewelry
The history of the Japanese jewelry brand Amita began in 1932 in Kyoto, founded by Shintaro Amita. Due to the WWII, the company ceased operations in 1940. However, in 1947, the president of the company Tomokuni Amita resumed the business as Amita Damascene Co., Ltd. The team of forty craftsmen made damascene jewelry by hand using 24 K gold and sterling silver.
Noteworthy, Amita Damascene is one of the most traditional handicrafts succeeded only in Kyoto since more than one thousand years ago. To support skills in jewelry craftsmanship, the company opened Amita Damascene Craftsmen Training School in 1952.
In the period from 1932, the management of Amita changed the name of the company several times. So, in 1957 Amita Damascene Co. Inc. became Amita Trading company, and in 1966 Amita Jewelry Corporation.
In the 1970s, with a change in company management and a decline in demand for jewelry, Amita Corporation redirected its business to the development of tourism opening hotels, restaurants and souvenir shops. Amita jewelry produced from 1932 to the 1970s is highly collectible today.
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French jewelry designer Claude Lalanne

Mimosa choker necklace. Gilt bronze, metal. Circa 1990. French jewelry designer Claude Lalanne

Mimosa choker necklace. Gilt bronze, metal. Circa 1990. French jewelry designer Claude Lalanne

French jewelry designer Claude Lalanne
Creative team of jewelry designer Claude Lalanne (1924 – 2019) and her husband sculptor François-Xavier (1927-2008), became known as ‘Les Lalannes in the 1960s. It happened when Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Bergé and Christian Dior commissioned them to create some jewelry pieces. Claude also collaborated with many of renowned avant-garde artists and jewelry companies of the time. Among them, in particular, was the oldest and best of Greek jewelers of the time, Zolotas. Inspired by the aesthetics of fashion world, surrealism and Art Nouveau, floral and fauna, her jewelry is much-sought-after today.
Claude Lalanne began participating in jewelry art exhibitions in Paris in 1964. She handcrafted her unique earrings, necklaces and bracelets using bronze, silver, vermeil, gold and their alloys. In the 1970s she created floral jewelry and evening bags with a variety of flower designs, such as anemone, ginkgo, and hydrangea. She found inspiration for her botanical jewelry designs in her gardens implementing them in wearable art.
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Georgiou G vintage costume jewelry

Georgiou G vintage costume jewelry

Oak and maple leaves brooch pendant. Brushed gold, crystal. 1980s. Georgiou G vintage costume jewelry

Georgiou G vintage costume jewelry
The history of the Georgiou G jewelry brand began in 1984 in San Francisco, California, as a family business of George Georgiou and his wife Judith. Born in 1940 on the island of Cyprus, George Georgiou graduated from the University of San Francisco where he studied economics and mathematics. In 1974, he founded Kolonaki Imports, Inc with a retail store on Union Street (San Francisco) where he sold gifts and clothing from Greece and around the world.
Creative and talented, Georgiou began designing his own clothes and accessories, including jewelry. This is how George Design Studios, Inc was born. It was a design, manufacturing and retail corporation with dozens of brands for the production and sale of textiles, clothing, footwear, hats and accessories.
In addition, the design team created exquisite high-quality jewelry using gold and silver metal alloys, multi-color and glitter enamel, art glass, imitation pearls and rhinestones.
Georgiou G jewelry trademark ceased to exist in 1999. Today, 82-year-old George Charal Georgiou lives in Ross, California, working as a fashion photographer, and his fashion brand Georgiou is popular all over the world.
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Gale Grant vintage costume jewelry

Gale Grant vintage costume jewelry

Art Deco crystal necklace and earrings. Gale Grant vintage costume jewelry

Gale Grant vintage costume jewelry
The history of one of the oldest American brands “Gale” began in 1921 in Chicago, Illinois, as a manufacturer of clothing, corsages and brassieres. In 1943, Sears, Roebuck and co of Chicago, Illinois adopted and began using the Gale trademark. In addition, the corporation established Gale Grant Jewelry Ltd (alternative name “By Gale Creations”) to produce fine costume jewelry. The company went through ups and downs, changing directors and addresses – 485 Madison Avenue, 818 Lexington Avenue and 24 West 40th street, New York, NY. Among the directors who ran the company were Gertrude Golden and Paula Gould. The company produced jewelry until the 1980s and ceased to exist in 2011.
Traditionally, Gale designers used high-quality rhinestones, crystals, art glass imitating natural stones, enamel, metal alloys of silver and gold, as well as rhodium plating.
The earliest marking consisted of a stylized word “Gale Grant” printed on paper tags or cards, and later maker’s mark included “By Gale” with a crown over the letters “al”. Noteworthy, jewelry marked “Gale” is rare and collectible.
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Italian jewelry designer Aldo Cipullo

Hamsa hand pendant. 18k gold, tiger eye. 1970s. Jewelry designer Aldo Cipullo

Hamsa hand pendant. 18k gold, tiger eye. 1970s. Jewelry designer Aldo Cipullo

Jewelry designer Aldo Cipullo
Born in Naples, Aldo Cipullo (1935-1984) grew up in Rome, the fifth child of a famous Italian jeweler. His father made costume jewelry and Aldo helped his father after school, gaining valuable experience in making and selling jewelry. As an adult, Aldo decided to move to the United States. Arriving in New York in 1959, he literally fell in love with this city. The same year he became a student of the famous Manhattan School of Visual Arts.
Cipullo began his career as a jeweler in the legendary company of David Webb (1960), then Tiffany (1963) and Cartier (1969).
However, an important turning point in the designer’s career was the opening of his own company, Aldo Cipullo, Ltd. in New York in 1974. The same year he received the prestigious Coty Award for pioneering influence on men’s jewelry design. From the early days, Aldo has shown a talent for innovative design inspired by modern life. Thus, the design of jewelry included machine parts – nails, screws and knots, along with dollar signs and even pasta.
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