What else can you put into the wardrobe filled with things of status brands and famous brands? The best choice in this case will be antique jewelry. They are guaranteed to look original and easily become a "chip" of your image. The main thing is to choose jewelry by heart, not by logic.
Features of ancient jewelry
How to distinguish an antique product from a fake? The main difference is the recognizability of things. Sometimes it is a little rubbed, and sometimes too cumbersome and "not fashionable" rough. But this is the highlight of the decoration. How many people did he carry before you? In honor of what was bought and what energy had absorbed into itself? All these questions are intriguing and fascinating.
To call the decoration vintage, you should know the date of its manufacture or the first purchase. From this day must pass more than 20 years. The product can combine features of a certain era or belong to some designer.
Find vintage jewelry in the following places:
- Antique shops. There are expensive jewelry pre-revolutionary jewelry, which have an original appearance. In the shop you can also pick up other vintage things - clothes, perfumes, jewelry boxes. The cost of antiques is quite high, so shops are more often visited by collectors.
- Flea markets. Here the price of old jewelry is much lower than in antique salons, and you can also bargain. The only negative - instead of antiques can be purchased cheap fake. Here you can buy everything from necklaces to clips and brooches.
- Grandmother's chest. Absolutely free and more interesting way. You can not only get a piece of jewelry free of charge, but also learn its true story from the mouth of their owner. An alternative to the chest is the mother box.
Choosing jewelry in the style of antiques, be careful and be sure to analyze what they can be worn.
Classification of antique ornaments
Depending on the history of jewelry and stylization for a certain era, we can distinguish the following types of jewelry:
- Jewelry in the Baroque style. The style is characterized by restrained grandeur and bright pomposity. Used filigree patterns, large massive details, inserts of pearls and precious stones. Increased attention is paid to pendants and pendants.
- Gold jewelry in rococo style. Used graceful frames and different types of gold. These antique jewelry are often made with diamonds, which are fixed in the "pave" way, allowing you to place the stones as close as possible to each other.
- Soviet jewelry. Here simplicity and even some kind of naivety prevail. Large, slightly rough stones are dressed in a rim of gold and silver. For inserts use rubies, amber, and fionites.
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