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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10315114, member: 2844"]Looks European inspired. To be worn on a low chignon, as Debora's picture shows. The quality is not 19th century European, so I would agree, Chinese made.</p><p><br /></p><p>That one is Empire style (French), but not of the period. The French Empire period is early 19th century, Napoleonic. Celluloid was invented in the 1850s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Agree, it is the Chinese pattern. The meander motif is traditional in many parts of the world, but the connectors make this one Chinese.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10315114, member: 2844"]Looks European inspired. To be worn on a low chignon, as Debora's picture shows. The quality is not 19th century European, so I would agree, Chinese made. That one is Empire style (French), but not of the period. The French Empire period is early 19th century, Napoleonic. Celluloid was invented in the 1850s. Agree, it is the Chinese pattern. The meander motif is traditional in many parts of the world, but the connectors make this one Chinese.[/QUOTE]
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