The Palace Museum Design, Handmade, Filigree Inlay, Palace Enamel, Glass Earrings

Introduction

The filigree inlay art, which is an acient technique of oriental jewelry, originated from the Shang and Zhou dynasties in China more than 3,400 years ago. The folk craftsmen in Tang dynasty (618-907) brought it to the Capital Chang’an, where the amazing skills were highly praised by the imperial court. For a long time, filigree inlay artwork was controlled and appreciated only by royal families and the imperial class. The Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties was the golden age of filigree inlay art. It was regarded as the royal art, exclusive to the royal families. The Palace Manufacturing Office was established to make royal decorations such as art ornaments, jewelry and rewards. Filigree inlay art became Royal Art of Chinese civilization.

The art of filigree inlay combines two craft skills, which are filigree and inlay work. The former is also called “fine gold art”, which includes such traditional techniques as nipping, plaiting, jointing, piling, filling and knitting, and uses precious metal gold and silver as raw materials. The second component, inlay work, involves mounting the stones and pearls to the final product with techniques of inlay, Tian-tsui and enameling。

Filigree inlay art only exists in Beijing, Chengdu and Taiwan nowadays. Especially, the most complete techniques are in Beijing and Taiwan. It represents the characteristics of Chinese palace filigree inlay art.

The Palace Museum Design, Handmade, Filigree Inlay, Palace Enamel, Glass Earrings

This pair of filigree inlay palace enamel glass earrings is a replica of a Qing dynasty masterpiece in National Palace Museum. The handmade technique is exquisite and this pair of earrings selectes natural materials to achieve ultra-high degree of reduction. Keeping the palace retro style and combining with modern women’s wearing habits at the same time, it is improved to be more beautiful, flexible and durable. Due to the difficulty of production and low output, there are 5 pairs as the exsiting finished products. If it is needed to be customized, the production period will be 30 days.

Production process and characteristics

Product Details

Manual Craft and Refined: the earrings are pure manual crafted and refined with exquisite and complicated pattern, which can be the art of inheritance.
Original Design: with the pearl as design element, the earrings are embellished with auspicious cloud pattern and enameling technique. This shows the elegant temperament and strong classical art.
Exclusive Customization: each piece of jewelry is handmade and customized within 30 days.

Buyer Reading

• About flaws

Jewelry has different patterns and color shade. There are flaws, pits and spots, just like human skin——freckles or pimples are inevitable. No man is perfect and no stone is perfect. The flaws are gifts given by nature. For friends with impeccable plots, please purchase carefully.

• About quality

Before delivery, we will select the products carefully and make them as flawless as possible. However, filigree inlay jewelry is completely handmade. Hence, each product is unique. It is a natural phenomenon that there is a variance between the real product and photos in the website.

• About delivery

Since jewelry is fragile, it may be damaged during international transportation. We will try to use the packaging box and wrap bubble film on the outside of the box. Please open and inspect as soon as possible when receiving the goods. If there is any damage, please contact us.

• About maintenance

1. Wipe the surface with cotton cloth or tissue paper to remove moisture and dirt after wearing, and then put is back in the original package to avoid air.
2. Avoid storage with other metals or jewelry, because friction will aggravate the loss of jewelry luster.
3. Please avoid to touch perfume, alcohol, cosmetics, ammonia and chlorine. Stay away from metals such as hooks, seams and frames.
4. Jewelry should not be worn in hot springs or seawater areas. Warm water or sulfide will easily change the surface of jewelry.
5. Please be sure to remove jewelry when bathing or swimming, to avoid chemicals such as bleach.
6. Please try to avoid any chemical substance during wearing, so as to avoid chemical reaction.