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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4498616, member: 2844"]The bow as such isn't British btw.</p><p>Pendants used to hang from silk bows, but ca 1600 those filthy rich Dutch began to make gold and silver bows on pendants instead. This was around the same time that the Dutch made diamond studded jewellery rather than the typical Renaissance enamel and Baroque pearl jewellery. For about 50 years (or more?) they were leading in the world of Western jewellery, and the Dutch fashion spread to the rest of Europe.</p><p>The bow concept was brought back in several later periods, the way design cycles go.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4498616, member: 2844"]The bow as such isn't British btw. Pendants used to hang from silk bows, but ca 1600 those filthy rich Dutch began to make gold and silver bows on pendants instead. This was around the same time that the Dutch made diamond studded jewellery rather than the typical Renaissance enamel and Baroque pearl jewellery. For about 50 years (or more?) they were leading in the world of Western jewellery, and the Dutch fashion spread to the rest of Europe. The bow concept was brought back in several later periods, the way design cycles go.[/QUOTE]
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