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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 310259, member: 2844"]Love the bracelet, I have one like it without the cabochons.</p><p>It is Palestinian silver, probably 1920s-1940s. It is made in Bethlehem style, so the silversmith could have come from Bethlehem originally.</p><p>Palestinian silver incorporates many styles, because of invasions and 2000 years of international pilgrimage. Filigree was introduced by Armenian silversmiths, who also introduced it in other parts of the Middle East and Turkey.</p><p>The Bethlehem style is the most abundant and intricate of Palestinian styles, and thought to be influenced by the heavy gold embroidery on church vestments.</p><p>The small domes are seen on antique Middle Eastern bracelets as well, and are thought to have originated in Yemen and Oman. Through the Ottoman empire the dome motif even spread to the Balkans.</p><p>This is one of my antique, more traditional Palestinian bracelets with dome motif:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]102514[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And this is the village style with domes, from the hills around Nablus:</p><p><img src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/XkRrFz4ymKnZTF6ZtNTRy6shE5y6G3Grg*tUihmnzXtwgU4yLUXVfeAxMNZTylObbNqdZEk4zNf5-CV*KdCu3x9W4iCL6Fy5/IMG_1814.JPG?width=737&height=491" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Not mine, from this site:</p><p><a href="http://ethnicjewels.ning.com/photo/palestinian-habbiyat-bracelet-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ethnicjewels.ning.com/photo/palestinian-habbiyat-bracelet-1" rel="nofollow">http://ethnicjewels.ning.com/photo/palestinian-habbiyat-bracelet-1</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 310259, member: 2844"]Love the bracelet, I have one like it without the cabochons. It is Palestinian silver, probably 1920s-1940s. It is made in Bethlehem style, so the silversmith could have come from Bethlehem originally. Palestinian silver incorporates many styles, because of invasions and 2000 years of international pilgrimage. Filigree was introduced by Armenian silversmiths, who also introduced it in other parts of the Middle East and Turkey. The Bethlehem style is the most abundant and intricate of Palestinian styles, and thought to be influenced by the heavy gold embroidery on church vestments. The small domes are seen on antique Middle Eastern bracelets as well, and are thought to have originated in Yemen and Oman. Through the Ottoman empire the dome motif even spread to the Balkans. This is one of my antique, more traditional Palestinian bracelets with dome motif: [ATTACH=full]102514[/ATTACH] And this is the village style with domes, from the hills around Nablus: [IMG]http://api.ning.com:80/files/XkRrFz4ymKnZTF6ZtNTRy6shE5y6G3Grg*tUihmnzXtwgU4yLUXVfeAxMNZTylObbNqdZEk4zNf5-CV*KdCu3x9W4iCL6Fy5/IMG_1814.JPG?width=737&height=491[/IMG] Not mine, from this site: [URL]http://ethnicjewels.ning.com/photo/palestinian-habbiyat-bracelet-1[/URL][/QUOTE]
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