Vintage Dior Brooch with Marbled Cabochons
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A Dior vintage brooch. Built up of multiple layers, accented with marbled cabochons. Stamped ECD on the back. The rollclasp locks securely. Size 6.5 x 6 cm. Christian Dior believed that jewellery was as much a part of fashion as clothing. Dior's jewellery was designed in detail for each of his collections, not as a discreet finishing touch, but rather as a statement, without worry of undermining the clothing. The French fashion house was one of the elite labels who helped bring costume jewellery mainstream.
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- Marbling - A descriptive term for a finish applied to plastic, ceramics, glass, plaster or wood to imitate the colours and characteristic markings of various marble types. For moulded items such as the first three above, the marbling is within the item.
Interiors and furniture were marbled from from the early 17th century to the late Victorian period. The craft was practiced by skilled decorators using a combination of brushes and sponges. Some of the finishes achieved were so realistic as to make it difficult to distinguish the marbled surface from the marble surface.
Marbling is also a term applied to a finish for paper as often seen in the front and endpapers of old books. The marbling is achieved by floating the colours on water and then transferring them to paper. However the marbling finish on paper, as with the marbling finish on plastics, with its multitude of colours has little resemblance to naturally occurring marble.
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