René Lalique, working for the Paris shop of Samuel Bing, was recognised by contemporaries as a leading figure on this development. The Darmstadt Artists’ Colony and Wiener Werkstätte provided maybe the most significant input to the development, whereas in Denmark Georg Jensen, although best known for his Silverware, also contributed important pieces. In England, Liberty & Co., and the British arts & crafts motion of Charles Robert Ashbee contributed slightly extra linear however still characteristic designs. The new fashion moved the major target of the jeweller’s art from the setting of stones to the inventive design of the piece itself. …