The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tudor Rose Drop Earrings

125,00 USD

Description

Art jewelry inspired by The Met collection. These eye-catching earrings bring to life a late 19th-early 20th-century Tudor rose design by Ernest Geldart (British, 1848-1929) for an ecclesiastical embroidery. Geldart was a priest and architect during the Gothic Revival, a Victorian movement to revitalize the styles and tenets of medieval architecture. The Tudor rose is itself a medieval motif uniting the emblems of two families-the red rose of the House of Lancaster and the white rose of the House of York-who vied for the English throne in the 15th century. The so-called Wars of the Roses ended with the coronation of the Lancastrian Henry Tudor (also known as Henry VII); however, as a gesture of peace, he married the daughter of the late Yorkist king Richard III. The iconic Tudor rose, bearing five red and five white petals in tribute to the families' union, became his dynasty's badge. Our earrings reconceptualize the emblem with brilliant blue hand-painted enamel and lapis. Read our blog post