Lady's Jewels & Fan (c. 1915) - Artist Unknown | Edwardian Still Life Watercolour

🎨 Artist: Artist Unknown
📋 Title: 'Lady's Jewels & Fan'
🌍 Origin: European School
📅 Date: circa 1915
🖼️ Medium: Watercolour
🎭 Style: Edwardian Still Life
💎 Subject: Jewellery and Fan
📍 Location: Artemisia Fine Arts & Antiques Ltd, Malta

Lady's Jewels & Fan (c. 1915)

A charming Edwardian still life watercolour depicting a lady's jewels and fan, circa 1915. This delightful work captures the elegance and refinement of the Edwardian era through careful rendering of precious objects, demonstrating the artist's skill in depicting luxury items and the period's appreciation for beautiful possessions. 💎

While the artist remains unknown, the quality of execution and period charm make this a desirable example of early 20th-century still life painting.

Edwardian Era Elegance

The Edwardian period (1901-1910, extending culturally through WWI) represented the height of elegance and refinement in British and European society. This era celebrated luxury, beautiful objects, and the art of gracious living. Still lifes depicting jewellery, fans, and other feminine accessories captured the period's aesthetic sensibilities and the importance of beautiful possessions in upper-class life. ✨

Jewellery & Fans as Subject

The combination of jewellery and a fan represents quintessentially feminine Edwardian subjects. Fans were essential accessories for fashionable ladies, serving both practical and decorative purposes. Jewellery symbolized wealth, taste, and social status. Artists depicting these objects celebrated both their material beauty and their cultural significance, creating works that documented period taste and luxury. 🌸

Still Life Tradition

Still life painting has flourished for centuries, allowing artists to explore composition, light, texture, and the beauty of objects through careful observation. Edwardian still lifes often featured luxury items—jewellery, fine fabrics, flowers, and decorative objects—reflecting the period's appreciation for material beauty and refined taste. 🎨

Watercolour Medium

Watercolour proved ideal for rendering the delicate beauty of jewellery and fans, allowing artists to capture subtle color variations, translucent effects, and the play of light on precious materials. The medium's luminosity particularly suited subjects involving gems, pearls, and the delicate fabrics of fans. British and European watercolourists achieved particular excellence in such refined subjects. 💫

Circa 1915 - Historical Context

The dating to circa 1915 places this work at a poignant moment—the final years of the Edwardian era's elegance before WWI transformed European society. Works from this period capture a world of refinement and luxury that would soon change dramatically, adding historical poignancy to their aesthetic appeal. 📅

Artistic Merit & Technique

This work demonstrates accomplished watercolour technique, careful observation of precious objects, understanding of how light plays on jewels and fabric, and the ability to create an elegant composition from luxury items. The piece combines technical skill with the period charm that makes Edwardian decorative arts so appealing to contemporary collectors. 💎

Unknown Artists & Quality

Works by unknown artists offer collecting opportunities that focus on aesthetic quality and period authenticity rather than artist attribution. Many accomplished artists worked throughout the Edwardian period without achieving lasting fame, yet their technical skill and period sensibility produced works of genuine merit that deserve appreciation on their own terms. 🏛️

Collecting Edwardian Art

Edwardian decorative arts and paintings appeal to collectors of period art, those interested in early 20th-century elegance, and individuals drawn to works celebrating luxury and refinement. Still lifes of jewellery and accessories offer particular charm, combining beautiful subject matter with period authenticity and decorative appeal.

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Display & Appreciation

Ideal for collectors of Edwardian art, still life painting, or works celebrating feminine elegance and luxury. The watercolour brings the refinement of the Edwardian era into interior spaces, offering both visual charm and connection to a fascinating period in cultural history. 🖼️

Particularly suitable for bedrooms, dressing rooms, or any setting where the celebration of elegant accessories and period charm enhances the space.

A charming Edwardian still life watercolour, perfect for collectors of period art, still life painting, or those seeking works that celebrate the elegance and refinement of early 20th-century luxury.

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