Thursday 25 July 2013

Jewellery Box India

Jewellery Box India  Biogarphy

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Jewelry boxes are a rather interesting topic to research. The historical facts of jewelry boxes for women in various parts of the world are quite fascinating. Although men wore a lot of jewelry in ancient times, it is the women who have remained consistent in their love for jewelry.
Centuries ago, only the rich were able to afford jewelry and a jewelry box; the middle class could not even dream of it. Even if they worked a lifetime they would be unable to afford it. In most places kings ruled and the people had very little and were not allowed to even air their views in public.
During the Industrial Revolution, jewelry boxes were produced in mass and prices crashed making it easily affordable.Indian Jewelry Box
Indian Jewelry Box
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Poland has a history of jewelry boxes where the farmers would work on wood in winters when they were unable to do farming as their fields were under snow. They not only made jewelry boxes but household items as well.In India during the Cheran, Pandian, and Cholan periods, the kings always had treasure chests that were filled with jewelry during their rule. The people would be ordered by their kings to make beautifully designed treasure chests. The artisans would design the jewelry box according to the jewelry and it would all be on display at the palace when any special occasion arises at the palace.
Intricately Designed Jewelry Box
Intricately Designed Jewelry Box
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The French brought out art nouveau jewelry boxes with floral patterns on it. It was believed that if one owned it then good luck would come into the family. The artisans were highly skilled and used flower designs to make it look beautiful.
The Greeks used different wood to carve their jewelry boxes. They also used beads shells and oyster shells to decorate their jewelry boxes. They used to design all these beads and shell so beautifully that you would think the wood has no part in the making of the jewelry box.
The most famous in history is the Egyptian jewelry boxes. The artisans in Egypt always pleased their Pharaoh and made specially designed jewelry boxes as well as jewelry chests. Even after they died, their jewelry and jewelry boxes would be buried along with them.
The first mechanical music makers were invented in 1502, but mechanical music -- the type played by musical jewelry boxes -- didn't really take off until the late 1800s. During that time, cylinder music boxes were very popular. These types of music boxes used larger versions of the same mechanism often found in musical jewelry boxes today. A cylinder covered with spaced bumps is attached to a mechanism that, when wound up, causes the cylinder to spin. As it spins, small metal combs of different lengths pluck the bumps on the cylinders, creating music.
The InventorA Geneva watchmaker named Antoine Favre is credited with inventing the first music boxes using a spinning cylinder and combs. While many music boxes were quite large, he also made musical mechanisms small enough to fit within a watch. He made his first musical watches in 1796, but it wasn't until the later half of the 19th century that small musical items became very popular. In time, people could buy musical perfume bottles, musical necklaces and musical children's toys.

Jewellery Box India
Jewellery Box India

Jewellery Box India

Jewellery Box India

Jewellery Box India

Jewellery Box India

Jewellery Box India

Jewellery Box India

Jewellery Box India

Jewellery Box India

Jewellery Box India

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