Author : Susan Maxine Klein
Publisher : Schiffer Book for Collectors
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,89 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780764322341
Explore the interesting, evolving history of plastics used in jewelry. Over 400 beautiful color photographs demonstrate fabulous and innovative jewelry designs from the 1920s to the 60s. Meet fashion jewelrys visionary major players and learn the truth about a once-overlooked arena of jewelry collecting.
Author : Ken Jupp
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 29,51 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780764301087
Table radios made primarily of brightly colored plastics represent a relative newcomer to the radio collecting arena. These icons of American industrial design and popular culture were once plentiful, and today they can be found at flea markets, garage and house sales. With more than 430 color photo plus advertisements and black and white vintage photos, this pioneering book is a must for anyone interested in radios, mid-century industrial design, or popular culture.
Author : Deborah Dietsch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,36 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0684867443
There is no hotter style today than the cooler than cool work of modern designers and architects from the 1940s and 50s. Endlessly inventive and emminently livable, mid-century modernism has an optimism and confidence born of postwar abundance, and a spirited elegance that appeals powerfully fifty years later. In CLASSIC MODERN, design expert Deborah Dietsch introduces readers to the basic tenets of modern design and explains how the simple yet inspired forms typical of this style were so readily disseminated into mainstream American culture. Filled throughout with enticing examples of mid-century pieces from such timeless designers as Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, Arne Jacobsen, and George Nelson, this beautiful book recaptures the excitement of the period's brilliant designs.
Author : Kathy Flood
Publisher : Krause Publications
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 16,87 MB
Release : 2010-07-09
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781440208010
The 4th edition of Warman's Jewelry: Fine & Costume Jewelry price guide is for any jewelry lover interested in jadeite, pearls, diamonds, figurals, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, sterling silver, beads, rhinestones, avant-garde, designer, antique Victorian-Edwardian-Georgian, couture, plastics including Bakelite and Lucite, gold, and even more exceptional jewelry categories. The book features a fresh and fun redesign with more than 1,000 all-new images. Scholarly information and helpful hints guide the collector on an amusing journey through costume and fine jewelry from the 18th to 21st centuries. The easy-to-follow format allows collectors to quickly identify their jewelry, plus concise and informative intro shorts tell the readers specifically what to look for within categories. The book is an indispensable addition to any jewelry library. Learn about jewelry without the usual tedium of non-fiction for a read that goes fast from the first word to the closing paragraph. Plus, read short interviews with category specialists. All in all, you'll learn a lot without realizing you've been ... studying.
Author : Matthew L. Burkholz
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 24,14 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780887404191
The premier reference for twentieth century designs in copper jewelry, this beautiful book has been praised by collectors, appraisers, and art dealers alike. Over 300 color photos show hundreds of examples of the jewelry. Original art work, advertising, identifying marks and anecdotes round out this exhaustive study.
Author : Matthew L. Burkholz
Publisher : Schiffer Book for Collectors
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,99 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780764300165
Over 750 stunning color photos illustrate Bakelite collectors' stories, experiences, and lovingly assembled collections in a book to delight every collector of this colorful jewelry. Fantastic jewelry arrays are showcased in luscious detail, in a design that intensifies their beauty. A price guide makes it a truly valuable book.
Author : Roberto & Carla Ginelli Brunialti
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,62 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780764329821
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.
Author : Paula A. Baxter
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 20,24 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN :
This beautiful book examines the first century of Navajo and Pueblo metal jewelry-making in the American Southwest. Beginning in the late 1860s, the region's native peoples learned metalworking and united it with a traditon of beads and ornaments made from turquoise and other natural materials. The cross-cultural appeal of this jewelry continued into the mid-1900s, and by the 1950s and 1960s masters created a legacy of fine art jewelry that is prized today.
Author : Cathy Gordon
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,42 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Costume jewelry
ISBN : 9780764320705
Miriam Haskell costume jewelry is highly sought after and the prices keep spiraling up. This gives collectors key information to make intelligent buying decisions. Over 600 color photos. Essential information and breathtaking pictures.
Author : Kathy Flood
Publisher : Krause Publications
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 20,1 MB
Release : 2007-09-26
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780896895621
Figural jewelry, a fashion forward choice, and popular item featured at top auction houses, represents about 75% of the costume jewelry market.
