Nina Ricci Brown Resin Floral with green resin leaf. Triple 22kt gold plated. Center stone Citron. Designer, Vintage, New, Canadian

Nina Ricci Floral Resin brooch.

Brown resin flower with citron center stone. Green resin leaf. Triple 22kt
gold plated. New, Canadian, Designer

The company was founded in 1957 by Mr. Maurice J. Bradden. Mr Bradden was a
tool and dye maker by profession. He originally managed a jewellery factory in
Belleville, Ontario for Avon jewellery.

In the mid 1950’s Mr. Bradden met a very well known jewellery designer in New
York, his name was Marcel Boucher. Mr. Bradden became Mr.Boucher’s protégé and
moved to Toronto in 1957 to open his own jewellery factory. Over the years the
company grew from a staff of half a dozen people to a company that employed
over 200 people.

The D’Orlan line was distributed in 30 countries throughout the world. D’Orlan
was also the worldwide manufacturer for “Lancel” and “Nina Ricci” fashion
jewellery.

As a manufacturer D’Orlan tailored the Nina Ricci collection to a more
sophisticated clientele, while D’Orlan was more whimsical, designed for a
younger consumer. D’Orlan designed every item in house and became renowned for
its high standards. Mr. Bradden was a firm believer in making the best product
possible. Only the finest Austrian crystal stones are used in the product. The
D’Orlan line is unique insofar as most manufacturing companies buy components
from other companies and simply put them together, while D’Orlan manufactured
everything in house with the exception of Japanese glass polished pearls and
Austrian crystal stones.