The Art Nouveau movement in Austria was called Secessionism. It included painting, sculpture, architecture, fashion, jewelry, graphic design and the decorative arts. Vienna was not only the capital city of the Secessionist movement, it was the first city of the entire Austro-Hungarian Empire—which gave the city (and the Secessionist art movement) great reach.
The 14 karat gold cufflinks, shown above, were made in Austria around the Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century. Yellow gold lozenges are hand-engraved with scrolling botanical elements—leaves and blossoms. Click on the photo above to learn more about them.
More Golden Links tomorrow.
Though our Greenwich Village store is now permanently closed, LEO Design is still alive and well! Please visit our on-line store where we continue to sell Handsome Gifts (www.LEOdesignNYC.com).
To arrange a visit our Pittsburgh showroom (by private appointment only), please call 917-446-4248.