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By Mary Beth Marten
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The most recent addition in the town of Washington is a free-spirited Irish jeweler, Edmund Kavanagh, and his auburn-haired wife, Bridget. “Jewelry by Edmund” opened last week in time for Christmas shopping.
The Kavanaghs’ purchased the log cabin next to Eileen Day’s Real Estate Office on Main Street and they have settled in so well it is hard to imagine that they haven’t been there for years.
Since the Kavanagh’s operated a successful jewelry business for 29 years in the village of Westbury, Long Island setting up shop here was mostly a matter of unpacking boxes.
Actually this is the third move for Kavanagh. The first was from Dublin to London in 1953, and the second to New York in 1967.
Kavanagh was trained in Dublin at the National College of Art and the Bolton Street Technical College where he learned the ancient art of repousse, the raising of gold and silver in relief. Today the technique is practiced by extremely few jewelers in the United States.
Moving to London shortly after completing his education, Kavanagh established his own business in the Soho district. He admitted to gradually feeling a lack of freedom of style despite his thriving
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