Körmöczi Katalin szerk.: Historical Exhibition of the Hungarian National Museum 3 - From the End of the Turkish Wars to the Millennium - The history of Hungary in the 18th and 19th centuries (Budapest, 2001)

ROOM 15. Education, Science and Culture at the End of the 19th Century (Katalin Körmöczi - Eszter Aczél - Annamária T. Németh - Edit Haider)

68. Empire-style gold necklace, Master AS, Vienna, 1800-1806 was not worn with it; at most there would be a watch-chain, a ring or two and a tie-pin. At the World Exhibition held in London in 1851, a French firm won a prize with a diamond-and-ruby brooch shaped like a bouquet of flowers, the component parts of which could be taken apart and worn separately. From this time on, the fashion for evening and special-occasion jewellery with diamonds and later brilliants diverged from the fashion for everyday jewellery ornamented with coloured stones of cheaper material. Historicism in Hungarian jewellery fashion accorded completely with the feudalbased Baroque social order characterized by the Monarchy at this time. Hungarian gala dress, which had its origins in the 17th century, became the costume worn by men and women for special occasions, and was accompanied by full sets of jewellery. In the last decades of the century, the liberal bourgeoisie was an enthusiastic supporter of the new style that was developing, Secession (Fig. 70). The beauty of silverware and jewellery from abroad, and from Vienna, depended mainly on the design and on the individuality of the pieces.