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American baroque : pearls and the nature of empire, 1492-1700 / Molly A. Warsh

Introduction : The global early Americas -- Sex, death, and the sea : pearls in the early modern imagination -- Pearls and a political ecology of empire, 1498-1541 -- "Even the black women wear ...
Barron's

Go for Baroque: Pearls Are Having a Fashion Moment

Perhaps no one popularized pearls as much as Coco Chanel. In 1935, Man Ray photographed the fashion icon dressed in black, smoking a cigarette, wearing her trademark multiple strands of pearls and ...
Indiatimes

From oysters to pearls: Know how the pearls are formed, types and difference between cultural and natural pearls

Oysters are the main producers of pearls, but clams and mussels can also create them. Pearls form when oysters secrete layers of nacre around irritants. There are natural and cultured pearls, with ...
Mint

The pearls that inspired an art movement

A timeless accessory, pearls will never go out of style, but 2019 saw them making a return, this time in an irregular avatar. The Spring/Summer 2019 runways saw designers such as Prabal Gurung and ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer

From Rihanna to Barbara Walters–the lure of the baroque pearl

Israel Ambassador Menashe Bar-On and wife Eti with Isaac Levy; seated,Orna Levy and Rustan’s Maritess Tantoco-Enriquez. PHOTO BY NELSON MATAWARAN It took 11 years for Israeli couple Isaac and Orna ...