Gibson Girl Earring
Price: $40.00 / $32.00 Members: $28.80
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Item: 769022094021
Description
Gibson Girl Earring
In the 1890's, Charles Dana Gibson created a new feminine ideal: the Gibson Girl. She was tall and slender and wore her hair piled high on her head. She liked cycling, croquet, and tennis and was always dressed appropriately. These earrings were inspired by design elements from this period.
- Finish: Solid brass, electro-plated with non-tarnishing matte silver finish, faux pearls, ear wires are hypo-allergenic
- Dimensions: Hangs approx. 1.75"
History
Met Costumes
All costumes and jewelry seen at the Met are unique works of art. The company puts on an average of 25 operas every year, with as many as 200 individual costumes featured in each of them, and works with some of world’s greatest costume designers to create unique pieces for an average of six or seven new productions per season. Everything is handmade in the Met’s own workshops, and many costumes and jewelry items from past productions, all the way back to the 1880s, are preserved in the Met Archives.
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