ABOUT JOE LOUX

 

Joe Loux specializes in ancient and historic jewelry of Asia and North Africa. We offer textiles and sculpture from China and Southeast Asia. Areas of special interest include ancient gold from China and Southeast Asia, textiles of Southwest China, and sculpture from early Southeast Asian cultures. Our textile collection is strong in Li material from Hainan Island and Yi material from Yunnan and Sichuan. Our collection of Nuo ritual masks from southern China is exceptional.

 

Our collecting of jewelry began with a practical interest in buying small, portable objects from areas of travel and became a passion for ethnographic jewelry of the world. We are interested in jewelry worn by living people, and adornments for the afterlife. We offer jewelry that is wearable and jewelry that acts like sculpture in a contemporary context. And we are fascinated by the way that the lines are blurred between these two categories in fashion today.

 

Joe is a private dealer in San Francisco. An avid traveller, he offers rare and authentic material, much of which has been field collected.

 

Katie Loux assists with the running of the business. She was formerly Deputy Editor of HALI magazine, the leading international publication on antique carpets, textiles and Islamic art, and continues to work for HALI and modern carpets & textiles magazine as a freelance writer.