David Webb Textured Gold Earrings
Regular price
$7,500
Created in the 1980s, these David Webb bombé clip earrings are composed of textured 18K gold. A classic form wearable from day into night, these earrings enhance the eyes and face with their soft golden aura and the gleam of their sculpted and textured surfaces.
Item #: YER-22279
Artist: David Webb
Country: United States
Circa: 1980s
Dimensions: 1.00" length, 0.75" width.
Materials: 18K Gold
Gram Weight: 30.3 g.
Signed: DAVID WEBB 18K WEBB C R
Item #: YER-22279
Artist: David Webb
Country: United States
Circa: 1980s
Dimensions: 1.00" length, 0.75" width.
Materials: 18K Gold
Gram Weight: 30.3 g.
Signed: DAVID WEBB 18K WEBB C R
By the 1960s, David Webb was deeply immersed in the study of jewelry history, and was one of the pioneers of the 1960s return to gold "with confidence and bravado". As Ruth Peltason writes in her book on Webb, for the designer "Gold is not a back drop or a scene setter; it is the whole story."
By the 1960s, David Webb was deeply immersed in the study of jewelry history, and was one of the pioneers of the 1960s return to gold "with confidence and bravado". As Ruth Peltason writes in her book on Webb, for the designer "Gold is not a back drop or a scene setter; it is the whole story."
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