April 16, 2024
MIDCENTURY MODERNIST 14KT GOLD STUD EARRINGS FHB #3
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AWARD WINNING MIDCENTURY JEWELRY ARTIST FRANCES HOLMES BOOTHBY 14KT GOLD EARRINGS WITH A STAMPED DESIGNED ON SURFACE . STILL RETAINS ID/ PRICE TAG FROM CLOSED SHOP .THEY MEASURE 1/4" ACROSS . I HAVE SEVERAL ASSORTED GOLD RINGS AND EARRINGS FROM HER ESTATE THEY HAD BEEN IN STORAGE SINCE CLOSING HER BUISNESS. THESE HAVE FHB STORE ID TAG ALONG WITH ORIGINAL PRICE . FROM FRANCE'S ESTATE I ALSO HAVE OTHER PIECES OF HER FOR SALE PLEASE SEE OTHER AUCTIONS . THIS WOULD MAKE A LOVELY GIFT FOR A COLLECTER OF MODERNIST JEWELRY OR A JUST LOVER OF UNIQUE JEWELRY.THIS ARTIST IS PART OF AMERICAN JEWELRY AS ART HISTORY. FRANCIS WAS PART OF THE WEARABLE ART MOVEMENT EXHIBITION 1955 . THIS EXHIBIT FEATURED SUCH NOTEWORTHY ARTISTS AS Margaret De Patta ,Harry Bertoia ( FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO /Walkerarticle2.htm HER WORK IS FEATURED IN THE BOOK " Modernist Jewelry, 1930-1960," I ALSO HAVE A BOOKLET "AMERICAN JEWELRY TODAY EVERHART MUSEUM ,SCRANTON PENNSYVANIA 1965 SHE IS LISTED IN THIS EXHBIT AS (AWARD WINNER) The Wearable Art Movement Between 1948 (the year of the 2nd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Jewelry at the Walker Art Center) and 1955 (the year of the 3rd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Jewelry at the Walker Art Center), interest in American modernist jewelry grew measurably. T were eighty-four participants in 1955 compared to only
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