Earring
ca. 1920-1930 (made)
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Long earrings enjoyed great popularity during the 1920s. In September 1925 the Illustrated London News attributed this to changing hairstyles, commenting 'As the fashion for "Eton" cropped heads grows daily, long, decorative ear-rings are becoming increasingly fashionable'. However many jewellers felt that the new short hair was not good for business - as Queen magazine had reported a few months earlier, now 'no ornament is worn in the hair for dances'. For many retailers the fashion for long earrings did not compensate for the decline in demand for the larger jewelled combs, hair ornaments and hair slides.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Platinum set with brilliant- and rose-cut diamonds, and onyx |
| Brief description | Pair of earrings of platinum set with brilliant- and rose-cut diamonds, and onyx, made in Paris, about 1920-1930. |
| Physical description | Long earrings of platinum set with brilliant- and rose-cut diamonds, each with a narrow band of black onyx towards the base |
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| Credit line | Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patricia V. Goldstein |
| Summary | Long earrings enjoyed great popularity during the 1920s. In September 1925 the Illustrated London News attributed this to changing hairstyles, commenting 'As the fashion for "Eton" cropped heads grows daily, long, decorative ear-rings are becoming increasingly fashionable'. However many jewellers felt that the new short hair was not good for business - as Queen magazine had reported a few months earlier, now 'no ornament is worn in the hair for dances'. For many retailers the fashion for long earrings did not compensate for the decline in demand for the larger jewelled combs, hair ornaments and hair slides. |
| Other number | 92 - Goldstein Collection number |
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| Accession number | M.125:1, 2-2007 |
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| Record created | April 23, 2008 |
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