Dressed With Flair for Winter
Diana looked out of her window and noticed the grey, leaden skies above her London home. “Time for my scarf and brolly.” she thought. Winding a tan and cream coloured scarf about her throat, tucking it under the lapels of her coat, she affixed it with a dainty gold bar brooch with a delicate cameo of a woman’s face in profile in its centre, given to her on her eighteenth birthday by her parents. Touching it with her hand, Diana thought of her parents as she always did whenever she wore it. “Who says a winter wardrobe has to be dull and without flair?” she asked her reflection in the entrance hall mirror as she appraised her appearance. Tilting her hat to a jaunty angle, Diana picked up her brolly from the umbrella stand and prepared to face the winter day outside.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" the 27th of June is "jewellery on a scarf". I thought this delicately and expertly carved beautiful Italian cameo bar brooch from the 1890s perfectly matched one of my woven winter scarves. This cameo, set in an ornate eighteen carat gold setting decorated with flowers, is carved from shell and features a typically classical female profile. Many cameos feature mythological figures. In this case it is a just a pretty young lady with a chignon at the back of her neck. I think she is a beautiful work of art. I hope you like my choice of this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile!
A cameo is a material that is carved with a raised relief that often depicts a profile of a face or a mythical scene. Cameos are commonly made out of shell, coral, stone, lava, or glass. Cameo jewellery has varying quality factors including the intricacy of the carving to the quality of the setting.
Dressed With Flair for Winter
Diana looked out of her window and noticed the grey, leaden skies above her London home. “Time for my scarf and brolly.” she thought. Winding a tan and cream coloured scarf about her throat, tucking it under the lapels of her coat, she affixed it with a dainty gold bar brooch with a delicate cameo of a woman’s face in profile in its centre, given to her on her eighteenth birthday by her parents. Touching it with her hand, Diana thought of her parents as she always did whenever she wore it. “Who says a winter wardrobe has to be dull and without flair?” she asked her reflection in the entrance hall mirror as she appraised her appearance. Tilting her hat to a jaunty angle, Diana picked up her brolly from the umbrella stand and prepared to face the winter day outside.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" the 27th of June is "jewellery on a scarf". I thought this delicately and expertly carved beautiful Italian cameo bar brooch from the 1890s perfectly matched one of my woven winter scarves. This cameo, set in an ornate eighteen carat gold setting decorated with flowers, is carved from shell and features a typically classical female profile. Many cameos feature mythological figures. In this case it is a just a pretty young lady with a chignon at the back of her neck. I think she is a beautiful work of art. I hope you like my choice of this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile!
A cameo is a material that is carved with a raised relief that often depicts a profile of a face or a mythical scene. Cameos are commonly made out of shell, coral, stone, lava, or glass. Cameo jewellery has varying quality factors including the intricacy of the carving to the quality of the setting.