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David Webb (1925-1975) was an American gem dealer. On July 28, 1948, he established David Webb, the organization, which opened at 2 West 46th Street. Among his customers were Elizabeth Taylor, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Barbra Streisand. Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner and Beyoncé have additionally worn his adornments.
Conceived in Asheville, North Carolina in 1925, Webb was a self-educated originator whose work included mythical beast wrist trinkets, Maltese cross ornaments, and creature themes. In 1964, The Duke of Windsor obtained a wrist trinket for his better half. Diana Vreeland, a prominent journalist and editorial manager of Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, was frequently observed with a David Webb high contrast polish zebra bangle.
Notwithstanding having an imaginative eye and having a careful tender loving care, Webb was a profoundly gifted skilled worker. Beginning with more moderate plans from the 1950s ahead, Webb set up a notoriety for an intense utilization of shading, volume, and structure utilizing a “wide range of cutting, extending from clear faceting to cabochons to cutting,” clarifies Alexander Eblen, chief of the Fine Jewelry and Timepieces division at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers.
Webb drew motivation basically from nature, which is clear in his mark creature themes, for example, zebras (included in the organization’s logo), among different animals.
Webb kicked the bucket from a pancreatic tumor in 1975. The business has been in constant operation and in 2010 was acquired by home gem specialists Mark Emanuel, Sima Ghadamian and Robert Sadian. The organization’s logo is a zebra.
A book about his work, David Webb: The Quintessential American Jeweler by Ruth Peltason, was distributed in 2013. In 2014, a review presentation was mounted at Norton Museum of Art in Palm Beach.
David Webb has lead boutiques in both New York City on Madison Avenue and Rodeo Drive at The Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
David Webb Jewelry was the stature of design in the ’60s and ’70s when his enormous, thick creature bangles were made. “The creature themes, specifically tigers, zebras, frogs, giraffes, lions and Panthers made in vivid polish, precious stones, gemstones, and 18K yellow gold, are among the most famous Webb pieces.”
Popular David Webb jewelry design:
- Animals
- Seashells
- Garden-themed
- Geometric and spiral-themed
- Signs of the Zodiac
- Heraldic jewelry
- Art Deco
Webb is best known for his creature motivated adornments, particularly his wristbands first propelled in 1957 and proceeded from 1963. Polish creatures and cut bodies are viewed as Webb works of art, trailed by gold repoussé, which were made as wrist trinkets, pins, rings, sleeve fasteners and then some.
In his further investigation of nature, Webb outlined constrained release seashell-motivated gems in the mid-1960s.
Likewise well known are his garden-propelled plans. From 1962 to 1964, he composed a variety of products of the soil ornaments, which offer especially well at closeout. In the late 1960s, he started planning rich botanical ornaments.
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