After the previous post about the hair pin (also see this post at The Beautiful Necessity) I spent today collecting images of recurring jewelry in Rossetti paintings. So far I have:
Rossetti adorned her hair with a lovely white rose and a piece of jewelry that has always looked like an earring (to my modern eyes) nestled in her hair.
But what I really love is this necklace:
Above is the necklace, this time with a few extra pieces hanging off of it. Also, Rossetti has paired it with a string of red beads similar to those we see in Girl at a Lattice:
The red beads are coral, I believe, very popular in many Pre-Raph paintings by different painters, including Sandys and Burne-Jones.
Yes, indeed Sandys used it as well in his painting, ” Medea” dated 1866-68.
Thanks for these images. It is very exciting to see these. I am currently doing my Masters dissertation on Pre-Raphaelite jewellery: The Avante Garde Archaic, so any info, and images are great for me to see. 🙂
It can be refreshing to hear a person else say that! Thanks.