Art Deco Bakelite Jewelry Boxes

Author : Peter Keresztury
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780764313479
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art Deco Bakelite Jewelry & Boxes written by Peter Keresztury and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 2001 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art Deco style of the early 1930s presents elements of design reduced to their minimal essence and applied to everyday items. Here Bakelite jewelry and boxes are studied as reflections of this style, with hundreds of items photographed in color and described with their current values. This book demonstrates how Art Deco style fit into the Depression era, providing color, simplicity, and economy.

Author : Sylvie Raulet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500283523
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art Deco Jewelry written by Sylvie Raulet and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents almost 800 illustrations with text celebrating the achievements of Art Decon jewelry. The author's text covers the creations of the Haute Joaillererie and the avant-garde designers. There is also a range of accessories such as vanity cases, cigarette cases and clocks.

Author : Ann Mitchell Pitman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781574326079
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside the Jewelry Box, Volume 3 written by Ann Mitchell Pitman and published by . This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Mitchell Pitman returns once again with her special brand of Southern humor and gorgeous vintage costume jewelry. This book features jewelry completely different from her previous two books, with no repeats. Featured chapters include Forbidden Fruit, Juliana, and Schreiner, among others. Once again there are nearly 1,000 full-color photographs of jewelry by companies such as Joseff, Coro, Miriam Haskell, Schiaparelli, Boucher, Hattie Carnegie, Weiss, Eisenberg, Mazer and Jomaz, Hobé, and Coppola e Toppo. Victorian Renaissance and Art Deco make appearances, as does more of the California ceramic jewelry of Ruby Z and Parrot Pearls. The histories behind the companies Calvaire and Ann-Vien are revealed, and of course Bakelite and other artful plastics are once again presented, along with vintage ads and websites devoted to selling vintage costume jewelry.

Author : Melissa Gabardi
Publisher : ACC Distribution
ISBN 13 : 9781851490653
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art Deco Jewellery 1920-1949 written by Melissa Gabardi and published by ACC Distribution. This book was released on 1989 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An absorbing history of the evolution of the Art Deco style in

Author : Judith Just
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780764313813
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lea Stein Jewelry written by Judith Just and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 2001 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the world of costume jewelry, the name Lea Stein Paris receives recognition as the most notable and innovative designer of plastic jewelry of the 20th century. Here are laminated celluloid bracelets, pins, necklaces, combs, picture frames, boxes, buttons, and accessories in many shapes that amuse and fascinate. Foxes and running children are some of her best known designs.

Author : Lyn Tortoriello
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780764329142
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bakelite Jewelry written by Lyn Tortoriello and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vintage carved Bakelite jewelry, from the great style era of the 1930s and 1940s, remains a highly sought-after category of collectible interest worldwide. From ever-popular bangles and hinged bracelets, to pins, dress clips, buckles, pendants, and earrings, these little works of art are endlessly satisfying. The great carved pieces are hard to find, valuable, and much coveted. An eye-popping array of over 1,000 vintage jewelry items in carved Bakelite is explored. Organized to highlight their many patterns and brilliant colors, these little gems of fashion are displayed in over 300 detailed color photographs. This jewel box of a book honors the art and painstaking craft of carving Bakelite into fun and interesting personal adornments. Admire it, collect it, and enjoy it!

Author : Donna Wasserstrom
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bakelite Jewelry written by Donna Wasserstrom and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the questions about Bakelite answered in a colorful, richly illustrated book. Designed to inform as well as delight, this book shows how to rate quality-good, better, best-and explores the basics of Bakelite, from dealers' secrets to historical facts. All this, and a current price guide, will make this a favorite of collectors.

Author : Leatrice Eiseman
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 0811877566
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pantone: The Twentieth Century in Color written by Leatrice Eiseman and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2011-10-19 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pantone, the worldwide color authority, invites you on a rich visual tour of 100 transformative years. From the Pale Gold (15-0927 TPX) and Almost Mauve (12-2103 TPX) of the 1900 Universal Exposition in Paris to the Rust (18-1248 TPX) and Midnight Navy (19-4110 TPX) of the countdown to the Millennium, the 20th century brimmed with color. Longtime Pantone collaborators and color gurus Leatrice Eiseman and Keith Recker identify more than 200 touchstone works of art, products, d cor, and fashion, and carefully match them with 80 different official PANTONE color palettes to reveal the trends, radical shifts, and resurgences of various hues. This vibrant volume takes the social temperature of our recent history with the panache that is uniquely Pantone.

Author : Lyngerda Kelley
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780764343490
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plastic Jewelry written by Lyngerda Kelley and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 1,000 exciting pieces accompany the story of plastic jewelry from the 1920s to the present in this revised and expanded 5th edition. Colorful and lightweight, examples include natural tortoiseshell and horn, synthetic celluloid, Bakelite, and Lucite - all in a variety of forms. Jewelry has been made from natural plastics since ancient times. Today, they are much sought after collectibles as plastic jewelry has found its place in the history of fashion design. Original designs of bracelets, pins, necklaces, buttons and buckles are featured accompanied by text that gives the materials used and a history of the styles. Updated price guide included. This book is a great resource for collectors, fashion design students, and history buffs.

Author : Tessa Clark
Publisher : Apple Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bakelite Style written by Tessa Clark and published by Apple Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The design, technology and impact of bakelite, colour illus. of highly collectible pieces; advice on collecting, buying and caring for bakelite.