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Cross-shaped Brooch
ORA
signed ORA
measures 4.5 cm
PROVENANCE
E. Aggelopoulou Collection
EXHIBITED
Frivolous Fashion, Fabulous Faux, A century of costume jewelry from the collection of E. Angelopoulou, 1880-1980, Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum, Athens, 15th Oct 2008-20th Jan 2009
LITERATURE
Frivolous Fashion, Fabulous Faux, A century of costume jewelry from the collection of E. Angelopoulou, 1880-1980, Athens 2008, page 193 (illustrated)
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ORA Jewelry
ORA Jewelry (1930s-today). ORA Jewelry was founded by designers Oreste Agnini and Ralph Singer. Initially, they produced buttons and brooches for Eisenberg. The Chicago-based company employed 200 workers. Their early products were unmarked and only in the late 1930s, they began marking their jewelry with the brand name ORA. Motifs derive from nature, music and […]
