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Geometric style

A decorative style for jewelry developed in the 1920-30's in which the form is in abstract geometric shapes, produced with great precision, and the articles generally are smooth and highly polished. Such jewelry was a development of the Art Deco style, and the designers who worked in this style included Georges Fouquet, Raymond Templier, and Wiven Nilsson.

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson