As Dorothy Gallun & Associates slogan goes they are not your typical jewelry, not your typical jewelry store. Their variety of jewelry includes categories such as Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Contemporary, Designer, Estate, Funky, Retro, Silver, and Victorian.
Art Deco jewelry was very popular from 1910 until the outbreak of World War II, the jewelry was and is still seen as elegant, glamorous, functional, and modern. Art Deco influenced many different styles and movements from the 20th century such as Neoclassical, Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism, and Futurism. The pieces are now a rarity and are very limited and have been a declining factor since late 1930’s to the early 1940’s.
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Art Nouveau is a style of art or a type of movement and was very popular around the 19th century. Nouveau pieces have curvilinear lines integrated into their designs and are more organic. Art Nouveau focuses on vines, flowers, leaves, insects, birds and women’s bodies and faces.
Contemporary Jewelry is a modern type of jewelry. Using different and all types of materials that are not usually used for jewelry pieces, it makes it very unique. Such materials that can be used are titanium, ivory, stainless steel, glass, wood, or even plastic. Contemporary jewelry gives a new look to what people usually consider standard jewelry. With this type, it gives the creator a new way to express their creative ways of art.
Designer Jewelry pertains to one person as the design creator. Jewelry designers are well known and often employ a design team. The pieces are made to signature a style or a person and are recognizable in some way; it could have unique cuts in the stones or engraving of some sort. It is usually based on the theme of the design and the way it was made.
Estate Jewelry is vintage and antique. This type of jewelry is becoming more common in the United States. It varies in range from inexpensive to highly costly but it is worth the cost for collectors in such jewelry. Estate jewelry is jewelry that was previously owned. This form of jewelry has been around from the 1920’s to the 1950’s.
Fun, Funky, Fabulous! is how we like to define unique and individual jewelry. It is one of a kind jewelry that is very unique and different. The fun about it is the bright colors or different ways the pieces are shaped or created and put together. It is funky because it’s like nothing you have ever seen before and that is what makes it fabulous!
Retro jewelry can mean “old fashioned”, “old”, “timeless” or “classic”. Retro is often multi-colored, combining gold alloys with rose, yellow, and even green overtones. The jewelry is very modern and was meant to be fashionable for a short period of time, it then outdated itself, and retro fashion style and clothing had then became a part of society. Retro jewelry can be made of base metals, glass, plastics, synthetic stones or precious metals and gems.
Silver Jewelry is very popular in the United States. It is very fashionable and is used often in pieces. Silver has been used for thousands of years especially for jewelry. It was discovered in the Middle Ages and was used for coins originally. The silver gives the pieces a nice shiny reflective look. Sterling silver can be plated with a thin layer of fine silver or rhodium or gold.
Victorian Jewelry is from the Victorian Era (1837-1901). The jewelry is usually heavy and elegant with a lot of jet, diamond, and coral. It is very unique and has changed a little in the style over the centuries. Early Victorian jewelry has designs etched into gold. The Mid-Victorian jewelry was made with such materials as dark stones, onyx, amethyst, and garnet. Later on in the early 1900’s bright gemstones such as sapphire, peridot, and spinel came back to the era. Stars and Crescent designs were very popular around that time also.