Pique is a tortoise shell inlaid with precious metal (usually gold or silver). Pique is made by inserting hot metal into the tortoise shell; the hot metal melts the shell upon contact.
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- Sarah A. Silvey
- This is a collection of images I love, that inspire me, that I think are smart, beautiful, strange and amazing.
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- love Lanvin
- yes Rachel?
- sweet treats
- chains bracelets
- a lesson we are all learning
- beetle mania
- sink in and disappear
- fine feathered friends
- english garden
- crazy for tassels
- pique
- spring is here! outdoor parties!
- color charts
- simple brooch
- go through the rabbit hole alice
- OAK NY umbrellas
- i love the styling of OAK NY
- cous cous fireside sounds nice, if only the lonely...
- vintage cocktail rings
- Harvey Faircloth
- sparkly tights for fall 09. hmmmm... interesting?
- hat ribbon
- beautiful birds
- Drew looks smashing
- diamond and emerald deco
- amsterdam bookshop
- a new way to tangle
- Mass Jewelry
- yellow
- vintage violets
- diamond earrings
- The Merchant House Museum
- bow brooch
- pretty amsterdam
- coral
- may i please go here and escape the dippy drab city?
- Swedish Architects
- Dutch tulip fields
- pearly scissors
- i want to have a party
- vintage light fixture
- colorful
- my little pony
- i want to have a bath here
- Picasso
- fantastic costume
- fido
- it rained today
- inexplicable love
- gold, gold, gold
- others inspiration
- Fall 09 runway jewelry
- light
- hummingbird head brooch, Victorian (poor guy)
- fabric necklaces
- bow art
- layered room
- feather weight tiaras
- Serious Crowns
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