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Bessie Jamieson (b 1940), necklace of carved emerald melon beads with 22K gold links and rosette clasp, 16½ inches, and a hammered 22K gold nugget bracelet.

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BESSIE JAMIESON JEWELRY OPENS AT DAVIS & LANGDALE NOV. 27 w/1 cut

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NEW YORK CITY — Davis & Langdale Company will present the exhibition “Bessie Jamieson: Jewelry,” on view November 27–December 22.

“Bessie Jamieson: Jewelry” will consist of handmade necklaces, earrings, bracelets and pins of 22K gold with precious and semiprecious gemstones, including antique rose-cut diamonds and coral beads. Jamieson draws on ancient, classical, Byzantine and medieval jewelry to inspire her own designs. Her jewelry is contemporary, yet rooted in the past.

Jamieson began her career in jewelry design as an apprentice to Robert Kulicke at the Kulicke-Stark Academy in New York. She is the owner and director of the Jewelry Arts Institute in New York (a descendant of the Kulicke-Stark Academy), where she teaches traditional techniques of classical jewelry. Her jewelry has been exhibited annually at Davis & Langdale Company since 1975.

Jamieson was featured in a film demonstrating the art of granulation, shown at The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture in conjunction with the exhibition “The Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewelry,” 2004. Jamieson has also given lectures to the staff of The Cloisters on classical jewelry making techniques.

The gallery is at 231 East 60th Street. For information, www.davisandlangdale.com or 212-838-0333.