Explore Juliana Designs

DeLizza & Elster jewelry changed dramatically over the years.

The company worked with rhinestones, glass, plastics, enamels, beads, chains and cast metal components, creating everything from delicate floral designs to whimsical figurals and bold later statement jewelry.

This section of The Juliana Collector explores those designs by form, material and design family, making it easier to see how individual pieces fit into the larger DeLizza & Elster story.

Choose an area below to begin exploring.

Figurals & Novelty Designs

Bugs, butterflies, animals and other whimsical forms are among the most popular and recognizable areas of Juliana collecting.

Explore the construction, variations and small details that distinguish different D&E figural designs.

Explore Figurals & Novelty Designs

Materials & Finishes

DeLizza & Elster used far more than traditional rhinestones.

Explore enamel, heat-formed plastic, molded components, unusual surface treatments and other materials that helped D&E jewelry change with fashion.

Explore Materials & Finishes

Stones, Beads & Components

The stones and components chosen by DeLizza & Elster are an important part of the company's design vocabulary.

Explore unusual stone shapes, glass treatments, molded stones, beads, pearls, chains and other distinctive components found in D&E jewelry.

Explore Stones, Beads & Components

Motifs & Design Families

Certain ideas appear again and again in DeLizza & Elster jewelry.

Flowers, leaves, grapes and vines, geometric forms and other recurring motifs can help us see relationships among pieces that might at first appear very different.

Explore Motifs & Design Families

Later Juliana & Changing Fashion

DeLizza & Elster did not stop evolving after the classic rhinestone jewelry of the 1960s.

During the 1970s and 1980s, changing fashions brought new materials, larger forms, cast components, chains, plastics and increasingly dramatic designs.

This section explores a side of D&E that can look very different from the Juliana many collectors first learn to recognize.

Explore Later Juliana