St. Charles Avenue Necklace with Pearls

The Nine Muses Collection is from 1880 featuring the St. Charles and the Nine Muses Streets in New Orleans where I created art and jewelry for ten years.

It features the silhouettes of the houses, showing the architectural vernacular - our beautiful side galleries or curved porches, which allow for the river breezes to flow.

• Material -

  • Sterling Silver and pearls

• Dimensions -

  • Approximately 2.25 x 1.5 inches with adjustable chain and lobster style clasp

• Other items in the collection are showcased in the later photographs.

A little brief history:

This section of the Lower Garden District was planned by Barthelemy Lafon who intended it to be a sophisticated area lined with trees, markets, and parks.
Being a lover of the classics, he named the streets after the nine muses of Greek Mythology: Calliope, Clio, Erato, Thalia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Euterpe, Polymnia, and Urania