Seventeen centimeters of cobalt, periwinkle, and sky blue fringe hang from a brass triangular connector. Turquoise and gold bugle beads cut geometric lines through the blue, precise and deliberate, the way an empire is built.
Aqua apatite tips close each strand, finished with 18k gold-plated surgical steel ear wires for sensitive ears.
Artistic artisan earrings meant to make you feel like a formidable queen.
Who was Zenobia?
She conquered Egypt, declared war on Rome, and made the Emperor come for her himself. Zenobia, queen of Palmyra, built an empire in the third century when the world had no framework for a woman like her. Rome eventually won. But they could not destroy her. Some women are simply too much for the world to contain. These earrings are named for one of them.