[Jewelry making - Article 00878] - [Orchid] [Tidbits] Repouss=E9 Putti

[Benjamin Mark <namor]

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    Once upon a time--in 1844--in Bourges there was born upon this earth
    a young man whose name was Jules Brateau. His father was a baker ...
    his mother was a baker ... his sisters and brother --if he had
    any--were surely also bakers for it is said he was born into a family
    of bakers. Jules however neither needed nor wanted all that dough ...
    you should pardon the expression. 

    And so ... as fate would have it ... at fourteen years of age ...
    Jules decided to go off to Paris in order to apprentice under the
    tutelage of the great sculptor Honor=E9. But Jules was clearly a
    wanderin' man ... and he moved on ... and came to apprentice again
    ... this time under Diom=E8de ... and by 1874 was well established as
    an independent artist who was impassioned with his work. He was a
    jeweler supreme ... as you will all soon see ... and soon came to do
    work for Maison Boucheron.  

    Which brings me to a pair of bracelets with Putti. A design of dear
    old Jules' ... for Boucheron ... to be shown at the Exhibition of
    1878. A stunning pair of cuffs with art work supreme. On the one ...
    repouss=E9 scenes from mythology. A nymph. A centaur flanked by putti
    picking grapes and making wine. On the other ... a winged nymph
    leading a bull and a ram ... flanked by more putti surrounding an
    alter of love. We're in Putti heaven folks. But there's more.
    Lovebirds. Rose-sprays. Pink gold. Silver bands set with rose-cut
    diamonds. An array of beauty and art forming gorgeousity beyond the
    ability of most. For those of you tempted to point out that there is
    no such word as gorgeousity ... let me correct you. There is indeed
    such a word. It came into existence as you read it. And once
    somethings exists ... it is.  

    Their value is around $15,000 ... a mere bagatelle in terms of money
    when compared to last week's 18 or so mil for a diamond.  

    These cuffs are a beauty to behold. I think ... as I review my
    experiences in this industry ... that those trained in the art of
    sculpting make the finest jewelers. That said ... go ... go ... take
    a look. Enough of this reading stuff. 

    For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I
    direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will
    scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says
    Tidbits Graphics ... and then click on the link that says: Bracelets
    ... where you'll see an image of Jules' work.  

And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark
http://www.tyler-adam.com

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