American Jeweler

Author : Cindy Edelstein
Publisher : Lark Books
ISBN 13 : 1600591574
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brilliance! written by Cindy Edelstein and published by Lark Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sensational design book showcases America’s most gorgeous and inventive art jewelry! For over a decade, the elite invitation-only American Jewelry Design Council (AJDC) has sponsored an annual project: every member creates an original piece based on a given theme. With imagination and skill, jewelers have tackled such concepts as the Mona Lisa, Wheel, Key, Puzzle, Water, Flight, Peekaboo, Sphere, Pyramid, and Secret Treasure. Each of these topics now becomes a dramatically photographed chapter, complete with illuminating introductions by renowned jewelry writers Cindy Edelstein and Frank Stankus. In addition to background information on the AJDC, and the story of the annual design event, artists’ commentaries enhance specific images. A final members’ section includes a biography, headshot, and additional jewelry images for each talented individual.

Author : Ruth Peltason
Publisher : Editions Assouline
ISBN 13 : 9781614281511
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book David Webb written by Ruth Peltason and published by Editions Assouline. This book was released on 2013 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jackie Kennedy compared him to Cellini, the Duchess of Windsor said he was today's Fabergé, and The New Yorker described him as "the new meteor around town." David Webb was the go-to jeweler in the 1960s and 1970s, and David Webb: The Quintessential American Jeweler is the official survey of this important designer. His devoted clientele have included Lee Radziwill, Diane von Furstenberg, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbra Streisand, and Gwen Stefani. This elegantly designed volume--filled with original photography of the jewelry, Webb's own sketches and drawings, and more than sixty images from leading fashion magazines--will become the definitive reference book for collectors, dealers, and curators, and those who swoon at all that glitters.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1032 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Jeweler written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ettagale Blauer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 147574854X
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary American Jewelry Design written by Ettagale Blauer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Phenomenon of Studio Goldsmithing When the history of art in the 1980s is written, much of it will be etched in gold. This is the time of the contemporary goldsmith, an artist who chooses to work in precious metals rather than oils or marble. The contemporary jeweler-as-artist has only recently become a re cognized force. With rare exceptions, the whole field is little more than thirty years old. But it is only within the past fifteen years that these jewelers have entered the jewelry mainstream. The phenomenon of contemporary goldsmithing embraces an eclectic group of artists, each with a unique vision, each taking a per sonal path to jewelry producing. They have as little relationship to the typical, mass-produced jewelry as a champagne maker has to a bottler of orange soda. They approach a piece of art, not a piece of metal. The work is personal and a perfect expression of the "back to the land" movement that spawned it. Many of these goldsmiths were looking not merely for a way to make a living but for a way to make a life that was worthy of living. Running a business while trying to remain a creative metalsmith at the same time is the ongoing challenge. The jeweler-artists have solved or resolved these often conflicting needs in slightly different ways and in a beautiful variety of techniques and styles. Their meth ods, their growth, and their work are discussed here.

Author : Dorothy T. Rainwater
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780887401206
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Jewelry Manufacturers written by Dorothy T. Rainwater and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1988 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The identification and dating of American jewelry heretofore has been difficult because few pieces bear standard markings and the references have been diverse, hard to find, and incomplete. Using old trade journals and their related directories as her primary sources, the eminent silver historian Dorothy Rainwater has exhaustively compiled here for the first time a comprehensive reference of jewelry trademarks and manufacturers in alphabetical order. She has also written a history of jewelry making in the United States which explains the framework upon which this enormous industry was built. The large scale manufacturers which began in the 1840s form a major portion of this directory. it is surprising to learn that only in 1961, after years of effort by the Jeweler's Vigilance Committee and the backing of trade journals, did American law require makers' marks on new jewelry. Therefore, this reference should become an important sourcebook for every jeweler, collector, antique jewelry dealer and manufacturing historian for the foreseeable future.

Author : Henry G. Abbott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.0W/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Abbott's American Watchmaker and Jeweler written by Henry G. Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 408 pages
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Download or read book American Jeweler written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Melinda L. Lewis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780974374062
Total Pages : 1011 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Napier Co written by Melinda L. Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1011 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Napier Jewelry book is a visual encyclopedia of Napier Costume Jewelry. It tells the heretofore untold and phenomenal story of The Napier Co. inception, development, flowering, and ultimate success. It chronicles the history of its management, manufacturing, marketing, and most importantly, the unparalleled beauty of Napier fashion jewelry. With approximately 4000 pictures of Napier jewelry history and over 250,000 words of text and descriptions, you will be taken step-by-step, decade by decade, through the development of the Napier style. As a collector, you will learn to recognize the findings, materials, and designs to appropriately circa-date the Napier jewelry in which you are investing. As a lover of vintage costume jewelry, you will enjoy the drama and excitement of the trials, tribulations, and breakthroughs at each stage of the Napier journey. In the end, you will have a deep and lasting appreciation of the romantic story infused into the metal, gemstones, crystals, cabochons, and elegance of each piece of Napier jewelry that you own or are considering owning

Author : George Henry Abbott Hazlitt
Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 : 5876255785
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Watchmaker and Jeweler written by George Henry Abbott Hazlitt and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1892 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roberto & Carla Ginelli Brunialti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780764329821
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book American Costume Jewelry written by Roberto & Carla Ginelli Brunialti and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedic study is the fruit of twenty years of collecting, research, and study of the most significant American costume jewelry from 1930-1950. It offers readers a meticulous, reliable instrument to knowing these gems, which are often true and proper little works of art. In the two volumes, over 966 photographs show hundreds of jewelry items in full color, with an additional 729 illustrations of patents, advertisements, and historic photos. Thirty-seven companies are included, with addtional chapters on jelly belly jewelry and patriotic jewelry in the second volume. In-depth research of the companies makes this the best source on the American costume jewelry industry. The first volume, A-M, covers the companies from Accessocraft to Mosell, and includes Boucher, Coro, Eisenberg, Miriam Haskell, Hobe and others. The second volume N-Z, continues with Norma Jewelry Corp., through Rebajes, Réja, Trifari, to Uncas Manufacturing, with chapters on jelly belly jewelry and American patriotic jewelry.