Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Howard Carter and George Herbert were-quite literally-digging up history with the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt. With advancements in engineering, man was taking to the sky for more dangerous and intrepid adventures, as evidenced by Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in a single-seat, single-engine monoplane. As the automobile grew more prevalent-thanks to Henry Ford and the assembly line-visionary coachbuilders were turning utilitarian pieces of machinery into rolling works of art. The times of that era were defined by the Industrial Revolution. As Lisa Hubbard, the chairman of international jewelry at Sotheby’s, explains, “Jewelry wasn’t created in a vacuum it was very much a reflection of the times.” However, jewelry from the Art Deco period, which began in the early 1920s and lasted through the late 1930s, benefited from more than just advancements in materials and technology. “The beginning of the 20th century, that’s where you see a huge spike in the freedom that the designers then had in jewelry and gemstones and metals,” explains Daphne Lingon, a senior vice president at Christie’s. Suddenly, design possibilities seemed endless. Platinum was key, as it allowed jewelers to move away from molds made of silver-topped gold and to venture into a new era working with a lighter and more durable material. Patek Philippe Unveiled a Slew of Japanese-Inspired Watches and Clocks for a New Exhibition in Tokyoĭo You Have Rich Dad Energy? How to Spot Menswear's Latest Subsection of Swagger. Pharrell and Adidas Are Teaming Up for a ‘Samba Cafe’ Pop-Up in Paris Next Week
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