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<p>[QUOTE="Joan, post: 9505574, member: 5398"]Very interesting to read about the jewelry "industry" and history where you are. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's kind of sad that the US has lost so much of it's costume jewelry manufacturing to other countries. In the 1940s and 50s, the tiny state of Rhode Island was known as the Jewelry capital of the world, with hundreds of firms located there, including Trifari and Coro. Now it's mainly higher-end jewelry companies there.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I read that some of the old factories still have stockpiles of findings, chain, crystals, etc and are being brought back to life with workers using the old machinery and supplies to create new costume jewelry. I think I read that's happening in Europe too???[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joan, post: 9505574, member: 5398"]Very interesting to read about the jewelry "industry" and history where you are. It's kind of sad that the US has lost so much of it's costume jewelry manufacturing to other countries. In the 1940s and 50s, the tiny state of Rhode Island was known as the Jewelry capital of the world, with hundreds of firms located there, including Trifari and Coro. Now it's mainly higher-end jewelry companies there. But I read that some of the old factories still have stockpiles of findings, chain, crystals, etc and are being brought back to life with workers using the old machinery and supplies to create new costume jewelry. I think I read that's happening in Europe too???[/QUOTE]
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