Me me Rhode Island Loj heev hauv Costume Jewelry : Tab sis Kev Ntshuam Tau Ua Hauv Txoj Kev

Rhode Island tsim 80% ntawm cov khaub ncaws hnav khaub ncaws - lossis zam cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub, raws li kev lag luam hu pheej yig rau nruab nrab-nqi adornments--ua hauv Asmeskas. Concentrated nyob rau hauv Providence thiab nws cov cheeb tsam yog 900 lub tuam txhab hniav nyiaj hniav kub ntiav 24,400 tus neeg ua haujlwm nrog cov nyiaj them txhua xyoo ntawm $ 350 lab.

Ntawm cov khoom lag luam muab los ntawm Providence cov chaw tsim khoom yog qhwv ntsej, bracelets, necklaces, pins, pendants, rings, chains, cuff links thiab tie tacks.

Bill Parsons, tus thawj coj ntawm lub xeev Department of Economic Development tau hais tias "Cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub yog qhov tsim khoom loj tshaj plaws hauv Rhode Island." "Peb xa 1 lab phaus ntawm cov khaub ncaws hnav khaub ncaws hauv ib lub lis piam tawm ntawm lub xeev. Nws yog $1.5-billion kev lag luam rau Rhode Island. Xyoo 1794, Nehemlah Dodge - xav txog leej txiv ntawm kev lag luam - tsim cov txheej txheem hloov pauv ntawm plating puag hlau nrog kub hauv nws lub khw me me hauv Providence.

Ib tug xov tooj ntawm lwm lub tuam txhab loj hlob sai heev nyob ib ncig ntawm Dodge lub Hoobkas, siv cov tswv yim uas nws pioneered. Niaj hnub no, qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov neeg tsim khoom lag luam tau siv nyiaj mus rau Massachusetts cov nroog ciam teb Rhode Island - tab sis yuav luag txhua tus nyob hauv 30 feeb tsav los ntawm Providence.

Feem ntau ntawm Rhode Island cov chaw tsim khoom lag luam hniav nyiaj hniav kub tseem yog me me, tsev neeg muaj thiab ua lag luam nrog 25 txog 100 tus neeg ua haujlwm. Tab sis kuj tseem muaj ntau lub tuam txhab loj, paub zoo xws li Trifari, Monet, Jewel Co. Kienhofer, Asmeskas & Moog, Anson, Bulova, Gorham, Swank thiab Speidel.

Costume hniav nyiaj hniav kub sawv cev rau 40% ntawm tag nrho cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub ua nyob rau hauv America. Lwm 60% yog cov khoom kim heev ntawm cov hlau thiab pob zeb, feem ntau tsim hauv New York, New Jersey, California thiab Florida.

Xyoo 1980s tau nthuav dav rau cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub zam. Tab sis cov neeg tau txais txiaj ntsig loj tshaj plaws tsis yog US. manufacturers. "Thaum lub sij hawm thaum zam cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub muag zoo li cov ncuav kub, peb tau raug nyem tawm los ntawm cov khoom lag luam txawv teb chaws," yws Charles Rice, tus cev lus rau 2,400-tus tswv cuab Manufacturing Jewelers. & Silversmiths of America, headquartered ntawm no.

Kev xa tawm tau ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam loj hauv yim xyoo dhau los. Ntau tshaj 8,000 tus neeg ua haujlwm cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub tau poob lawv txoj haujlwm thiab 300 lub tuam txhab tau quav txij li xyoo 1978.

Raws li MJSA, US. kev muag khoom ntawm txhua hom hniav nyiaj hniav kub tau nce 40% hauv plaub lub xyoos dhau los, nrog rau tag nrho cov nqi (tus nqi tsim khoom) nce mus rau $ 6.4 billion los ntawm $ 4.5 billion. Tus nqi ntawm cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub ntshuam, txawm li cas los xij, nce 83% hauv tib lub sijhawm - txog $ 1.9 nphom los ntawm $ 1 nphom.

American Ring Co. thiab Excell Mfg. Co. yog cov piv txwv ntawm ob tsev neeg cov tuam txhab uas tau ua tiav nrog kev sib tw los ntawm kev xa tawm txawv teb chaws.

Renato Calandrelli, 59, ib tug neeg nyob hauv Naples, Ltalis, tuaj rau lub tebchaws no thaum nws muaj 18 xyoo. Nws ua haujlwm rau cov nyiaj ua haujlwm tsawg kawg nkaus rau lub tuam txhab cuab yeej-thiab-tuag kom txog rau thaum Lub Ib Hlis. 21, 1973, thaum nws txiav txim siab tias nws yuav sim ua nws tus kheej los ntawm kev tsim American Ring Co. hauv East Providence.

“Thawj xyoo ntawd kuv yog ib tug neeg ua haujlwm hauv tuam txhab. Lub tuam txhab tau nyiaj tau los ntawm $ 24,000 los ntawm kev muag 2,000 rings, "Calandrelli rov qab. Xyoo tas los, nws hais tias, American Ring tau ua haujlwm 180 tus neeg ua haujlwm thiab tau muag tag nrho ntau dua $ 11 lab.

“Kev sib tw los ntawm Orient yog nruj heev. Nws yog ib qho kev txhawj xeeb tas li, "Calandrelli tau lees paub.

Nws lub tuam txhab yog tus tsim style. Nws tsim 80,000 rings ib lub lim tiam, feem ntau ntawm cov khw muag khoom ntawm $ 15 txog $ 20. "Txhua peb lub hlis peb qhia cov qauv tshiab," nws piav qhia. "Qhov ntawd yog ib txoj hauv kev los tuav lawv (ntshuam). Kuv siv li ntawm $200,000 thiab $300,000 ib xyoos rau cov tswv yim tshiab, tsim qauv tshiab.

"Cov neeg tsim khoom txawv teb chaws tsis paub dab tsi cov pej xeem Asmeskas xav tau. Lawv yuav tsum ua raws li peb. Peb tsim cov qauv (uas) lawv luam tawm." Fred Kilguss, 75, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Excell Mfg. Co., yog ib lub teb chaws cov tuam txhab lag luam loj tshaj plaws ntawm cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub, hais tias nws lub tuam txhab tau siv txoj hauv kev sib txawv los tiv thaiv kev lag luam poob rau Italian ntshuam.

Kilguss tau hais tias "Cov neeg Italians tau tawm los nrog cov saw tshiab zam uas tau nrov thaum hmo ntuj hauv Tebchaws Meskas," Kilguss tau hais. "Peb tsis tau ua cov saw zoo li ntawd. Peb qhov muag tau poob qis.

"Peb tuaj yeem tau mus rau hauv plab zoo li ntau lub tuam txhab saw hauv Providence tau ua, tab sis peb tau nce siab ntawm bandwagon. Cov Italians tsis tsuas yog tsim cov saw tab sis muag cov tshuab los ua cov saw hlau. Peb yuav cov tshuab Italian." Tab sis txawm hais tias qhov kev vam meej, Kilguss tau hais tias, "nws yuav luag tsis yooj yim rau cov tuam txhab ntawm no los sib tw nrog qis kawg ntawm kev lag luam khaub ncaws hnav khaub ncaws. Cov khoom muag los ntawm tsawg dua $ 1 txog $ 5 tam sim no tau ua yuav luag tag nrho hauv Taiwan, Hong Kong thiab Kaus Lim Kauslim. Tab sis ntawm cov khoom kim dua li peb cov saw hlau, uas muag ntawm $ 20 txog $ 2,000, peb tuaj yeem sib tw. " Excell tsis qhia txog qhov muag tag nrho, tab sis Kilguss tau hais tias nws lub tuam txhab ntiav cov neeg ua haujlwm ob zaug ntau npaum li nws tau ua 10 xyoo dhau los, thiab kev muag khoom yog 10 zaug. lawv yog dab tsi xyoo 1976.