Gate Jewelry Collections

Experience the essence of Charleston, SC through the original Charleston Gate Collection.  Each design is modeled after a historical piece of architecture that has been preserved through time because of its significance to our city. 

Inspired by the designs of Charleston’s own Philip Simmons, one of America’s last great blacksmiths. His works can be seen throughout his hometown of Charleston, and across the world in Paris and China. His work is displayed in the National Museum of American History and the Smithsonian. We have been honored to help carry on his legacy by partnering with the Philip Simmons Foundation.

Architect of Memorial Continental Hall, Edward Pierce Casey designed elaborate skylight panels in the early 1900s to illuminate and decorate the main hall and staircases of the building. Each is made of glass set into a metal framework just like stained glass windows. The oval fan-like decorations are based upon the neoclassical designs of Robert Adam in the late 1700s.