18ct gold and ebony 'Classic Link' bracelet, Seaman Schepps, designed as a line of polished gold curb links alternating between similarly shaped ebony links, completed by a concealed clasp, length approximately 8.27 in., signed Seaman Schepps, maker's mark for Seaman Schepps. Literature: Amanda Vaill, Janet Zapata and David Behl, Seaman Schepps: A Century of New York Jewelry Design, The Vendome Press, New York, 2004, p. 194 (illustrated, another example)
- Ebony - Ebony is a close grained timber, black in colour. It has a fine texture which can be polished to a high gloss, making it suitable for venereering, inlay and stringing and its use as solid timber is resticted to small decorative items and ornamental decoration, such as chess pieces and musical instrument parts. The term "ebonised" means "faux ebony", timber that has been darkened during the polishing process to resemble ebony.
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