Sixty years ago, the famed jeweler wrote an op-ed piece urging readers to consider fine jewelry as art. A new tome doubles down on that argument.
Subscribe to RR1 Live+ for exclusive virtual events all year long , conversations with Robb Report editors, special perks, and more., which they surely are,” Webb wrote. “Collections of jewelry should be exhibited to the public as are other great works of art. Everyone cannot own one or more of the world’s great paintings—nor can they own great jewels—but they can and do appreciate them.
In the case of the remarkable coiled dragon brooch on page 72, there is little doubt that Webb drew his inspiration for the piece, which is centered on a spectacular carved emerald, from a Scythian pommel in the shape of a coiled animal that appeared in an exhibition at the The evidence threaded throughout the book is extremely convincing, from the coral and emerald chrysanthemum brooch Webb produced in 1966 , and the Japanese woodblock print,, by Katsushika Hokusai that appears across from it; to the rubellite and ridged coral ring Webb’s atelier created in 2021 , which bears an orange and fuschia color scheme that mirrors a 1947 drawing by Henri Matisse,But that’s not all.
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