The Barse Design Legacy
The Barse name derives from 19th Century American artist, George Randolph Barse. Barse became a student of art at the early age of twelve. His love for art quickly transported him to Paris where he studied under the masters at the Academie Julian and the Ecoles des Beaux Arts. As his inherent talent grew in depth and technique, George Barse became the recipient of outstanding honors and awards. In addition to being represented in museums and institutes throughout the nation, he was one of the few artists chosen to decorate the interior of the Library of Congress. George Barse was known as a master craftsman, delicate and sure in line and color and skilled composition.
Barse Principals
The adoration of art has descended through the lineage of George Barse and is evident in the exquisite jewelry design of his descendants Nancy Barse Moore and Melanie Moore Gobril. Barse & Company is committed to the creative elegance and beauty inherited from the distinguished painter.
Melanie began her career by importing jewelry from Mexico for the small retail gift store owned by her mother, Nancy. Several years later she met Michael Gobril, and shortly after marrying, they founded Barse. Michael’s background in engineering brings a practical philosophy to Barse along with his keen sense for interpreting the market. Melanie’s sense of style and design helped her to create Barse’s award-winning in-house design team.
The Brand
The Barse brand can be found in retail settings from major department stores and electronic retailers to our own barse.com and retail storefront in Southlake, TX. Our talented in-house design team continually creates a turnover of fresh collections that reflect a constantly changing fashion arena. Barse production facilities in Thailand, Hong Kong and Bali allow us to control the quality of our designs and ensure timely reactions to trends and deadlines.
Barse jewelry is sterling silver set with semi-precious stones, with occasional use of crystals. Our focus is on uncommon usage of stones, especially through custom cuts and placements. We strive to create jewelry reflective of trends, but that also has a classic appeal.
Awards
Barse has been recognized with the Dallas Fashion Award and the Atlanta DIVA award. These awards honor designers and manufacturers for excellence in design innovation, quality workmanship and retail performance. Barse has taken home the awards a total of six times to this date. Barse has also been named by Accessories magazine as a Top 100 department store brand, 2005-2007.
Charities
Barse is honored to support charities such as St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Make-A-Wish Foundation. Barse has been involved in specially designing jewelry in which proceeds go directly to these worthy charities. In 2007, our ‘hope’ necklace design raised thousands of dollars that went directly to St. Jude.
Stone Information
For more information on the types of stones Barse uses, please click here.
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The Barse flagship store located
in Southlake Town Square, Southlake, Texas.
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