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David Webb (1925-1975) was one of the most brilliant creators of jewelry in America. In 1941 he began working in New York at the age of 16. His special gifts as a jeweler and designer were soon noticed by Antoinette Quilleret, a French woman with great taste who helped him to found David Webb Inc. in 1948 with Nina Silberstein.
Early on, he designed jewels of abstract inspiration. Later he went on to study the art of antique gold crafting (Greek and Roman) and the technique of lost-wax casting. At the same time, he devised a set of colored enamels evoking Indian jewelry of Rajasthan (Jaipur), for example.
His researches allowed him to create a jewelry collection of inspired by wildlife. The "Jeweled Jungle", quickly became highly sought after. Webb became very famous and his jewels became the New-York "must have" with their bold use of colour, dimension, combination of gemstones and meticulous attention to detail. Webb's jewels were prized by the Duchess of Windsor, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor and Ava Gardner.
Nowadays, David Webb Inc. continues producing jewelry based on his original artwork and drawings, his original jewels being highly collectable.