As she launches her first pearl jewelry, the Swiss designer talks about her instinct for color, growing up around art and why ...

Mother-of-pearl can be traced back to the Mesopotamians in 2500BC, and China’s Ming and Shang dynasties (the latter goes back to 1500BC). The Victorians, never ones to shy away from the ornate ...

The exhibition Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Heritage by Emmie Mai Linh Massias and Marine Col is an exploration of Vietnamese mother-of-pearl inlay as used in interior design. By merging traditional ...

The dining table paid homage to Mother-of-Pearl inlay, just as the six fluted brass columns—crowned with malachite rings at their base and capital—nodded to the legacies of Bidri and Moradabad. Even ...

In the National Museum you see small 4,000-year-old panels inlaid with mother-of-pearl that is echoed in the new mother-of-pearl furniture for sale in the souk.

Venezuela's 'Pearl of the Caribbean' loses its lustre. ... a 44-year-old furniture maker, ... But the 47-year-old mother of three says she is used to muddling through.

Having spent decades restoring mother-of-pearl and other intricate pieces, Ünal remains dedicated to preserving Türkiye’s history. "In my 32 years with the National Palaces, I’ve worked on nearly ...

The fifth generation Baba has amassed a huge collection of antiques, whether it is porcelain or furniture inlaid with mother-of-pearl, and listing it all out would have been an almost impossible task.

Read on for the 13 best places to score vintage furniture online, plus more ... you'll find signature styles like shiny brass trays and Indian carved wood tables with mother-of-pearl inlay ...

In nature, only about one oyster in 10,000 may produce a pearl. The rare event happens when a hard particle enters the oyster. The oyster coats the foreign body with nacre (the iridescent substance ...