Ancient History Jewelry Stories

Masters of Art Nouveau Jewelry, Part 2

Ancient History Jewelry Stories

Show Notes

By popular demand! For this month's podcast episode topic, I enlisted the help of my Patreon members in the form of a poll (well, two polls), and the topic chosen for April was Art Nouveau jewelry. In part 2, we dive into the histories of two of the most famous art nouveau jewelers, René Lalique and Georges Fouquet, along with the influence of Alphonse Mucha and the most important woman in the movement, Sarah Bernhardt.

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