The Jewellery Archive

Legendary Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo wears a multitude of beads and dramatic drop earrings to be photographed by Edward Weston in 1930.

French actress France Nuyen wears a chic pearl demi-parure in the late 1950s.

A Christian Lacroix gown and earrings are photographed by Sheila Metzner for British Vogue in March 1986.