René Lalique, working for the Paris store of Samuel Bing, was recognised by contemporaries as a quantity one determine on this trend. The Darmstadt Artists’ Colony and Wiener Werkstätte offered perhaps probably the most significant input to the development, whereas in Denmark Georg Jensen, although best recognized for his Silverware, also contributed significant pieces. In England, Liberty & Co., and the British arts & crafts motion of Charles Robert Ashbee contributed slightly more linear however still characteristic designs. The new style moved the main focus of the jeweller’s art from the setting of stones to the inventive design of the…