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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scoutshouse, post: 496258, member: 267&quot;]<a href="https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/antique-and-vintage-necklace-styles-148955" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/antique-and-vintage-necklace-styles-148955" rel="nofollow">The spruce on festoons:</a></p><p><br /></p><p>a garland... hung in a curve as a decorative element or incorporated as an architectural feature... Other elements such as dangling drops may be incorporated, but without the swags, a necklace does not qualify as a festoon.</p><p><br /></p><p>... Popular during the Georgian period (1714–1830s), carrying over into the Victorian era (1837–1901). Some of the more elaborate fashionable black necklaces (not meant for <a href="https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/is-it-victorian-mourning-jewelry-149528" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/is-it-victorian-mourning-jewelry-149528" rel="nofollow">mourning</a>) made during this period incorporated swags of jet beads. Bohemian garnets and other materials were also used.</p><p><br /></p><p>Festoon necklaces were popular during the Edwardian era (1901–1910) as well. These featured a return to more delicate chains in the designs or elements reflecting the <a href="https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/jewelry-styles-popular-in-the-victorian-era-4115483" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/jewelry-styles-popular-in-the-victorian-era-4115483" rel="nofollow">garland style</a> with ribbons, flowers, and bows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overkill, sorry - But the eras and jet or black jewelry not always being for mourning was good to know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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