Wednesday, February 11, 2009

History of black pearl jewelry

About 1845, black pearls which come in the Tuamotu Archipelago and the markets of the South Sea islands, and grew the industry on the coast of Mexico. Pearls of the region is famous for the variety of colors, and especially the tone of the pearl is too dark, or greenish black pearls, black pearls are very important.

But black pearls in fashion and, therefore, of course, demand, always in black and yellow, with the result, black is of little value in the market until ten years later, when it became popular in Europe , thanks in large part on his popularity with the French Queen Eugenie, then at the height of his power.

Queen, the story of black pearls owe much of their high rank in the fashion of the nineteenth century, and in their heads like a king, royal jewels used, according to Winterhalter painting, showing magnificent necklace.