[Jewelry making - Article 00804] - Re: [Orchid] Edwardian Lace Jewelry

[David L. Huffman]

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Hello Leonid and others;

>     I am going to take a huge exception to the above statement.
>     Edwardian pieces were made by piercing almost exclusively. 

    I believe Leonid is right. I've been doing a lot of restoration on
    antique jewelry for years and I've never seen anything from that
    period that looked like it was constructed from wire. There is a lot
    of construction involved, especially the understructure, but if you
    loupe an article like this, you can see it's pierced. I've done work
    like this by engraving first, then piercing along the engraved lines
    where I want openings. I would also question the statement that the
    die struck articles are from the 20's and 30's. I'm pretty sure I've
    seen die struck version from earlier. "Edwardian" refers to the
    period of King Edward VII of England who reigned from 1901 to 1920. 

David L. Huffman
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