Lalalounis Helen of Troy earrings

EDITOR'S REVIEW

• Lalaounis creates both figurative and abstract designs inspired by a wide range of themes from art to nature, architecture and the animal kingdom
• In the 1870’s Heinrich Schliemann broke the news of the discovery of the treasures of Troy including Helen of Troy’s gold diadem and earrings. He took the famous photograph of his wife Sophia wearing the jewels. Following the turmoil of war, for decades the treasure was considered lost
• Lacking the originals to guide him, in the late 1980’s Ilias Lalaounis created the Helen of Troy collection based on Schliemann’s booklet about the excavation and the photo of Sophia
• When the original jewels surfaced at the Pushkin Museum in Russia in the early 1990’s, it was a great honour for Ilias Lalaounis that his re-creations were exhibited alongside the originals in 1998
• Yellow gold