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<p>[QUOTE="Debora, post: 3436067, member: 1476"]Erin, that style is broadly called Brutalist. Here's a quickly-found definition from the internet. I would think it was 1970s at the earliest but could, of course, be later. I can see why it appealed to you. Did you check carefully for marks? </p><p><br /></p><p><i><font size="4">"The term Brutalism originally applied to a type of roughly finished, monolithic architecture originating in the mid 20th century, but has since been applied to jewelry as well. This radical style of jewelry is typified by massive, jagged and highly abstract designs that are at once intriguing and perhaps slightly disquieting." </font></i></p><p><i><font size="4"><br /></font></i></p><p><font size="4">Debora</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Debora, post: 3436067, member: 1476"]Erin, that style is broadly called Brutalist. Here's a quickly-found definition from the internet. I would think it was 1970s at the earliest but could, of course, be later. I can see why it appealed to you. Did you check carefully for marks? [I][SIZE=4]"The term Brutalism originally applied to a type of roughly finished, monolithic architecture originating in the mid 20th century, but has since been applied to jewelry as well. This radical style of jewelry is typified by massive, jagged and highly abstract designs that are at once intriguing and perhaps slightly disquieting." [/SIZE][/I] [SIZE=4]Debora[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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