Pearls with an irregular shape are defined as baroque. Baroques is a French word that originally described pearls but later was applied to architecture, music and art. The term baroque is a broad definition of any pearl with an irregular shape and within this category are subcategories of baroque, such as “circle” or ringed pearls.
Although the coveted or at least “popular” shape of pearl these days is the round - the favored shape throughout European history was actually the baroque shape.
Among the most popular jewels of the Renaissance period, were lavishly designed pearl pendants set in gold and designed around large baroque pearls. The shape of the pearls inspired whimsical creatures such as mermaids, dragons, tritons, lions, and swans. These pendants had hours of intricate enamel work and exquisite detailing.
변칙적인 형태의 진주는 바로크로 정의됩니다. 프랑스 말로 원래 진주 Baroques하지만 설명하기 건축, 음악과 예술에 적용했다. 바로크라는 용어는 변칙적인 형태를 가진 광범위한 진주의 정의와이 분류 시간의 하위 범주입니다 바로크는, 그러한 "원"또는 고리 진주.
바로크 진주는 또한 1500 - 1600 년대에 인형에 장식으로 사용됐다.
Baroque pearls were also used as decoration in figurines in the 1500-1600’s. These are pieces were similar in composition to the pendants of the Renaissance but they were not worn. Some of the most famous pearls that have been discovered have been baroque pearls used in figurines. One magnificent object d’art was discovered in 2000. An amazing 856.58 carats (4 ½ inch x 6 inch) pearl that formed the center body of a centaur. It is the world’s largest known pearl, a baroque blister pearl. Its exotic colors of mauve, grayish-purple and bronze and its intense iridescence have caused speculation it is a product of the rainbow-lip, pteria sterna mollusk.
Below, a Baroque pearl forms the Baby inside this cradle figurine.