American Jewelry: Glamour and Tradition
New York, NY: Rizzoli, 1987. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with gold gilt lettering on spine, blue and color illustrated glossy dust jacket, 208 pp., 198 color plates. VG-/VG- (white label on lower spine could be removed, previous owners' stamp on title page a very clean). Item #103812
ISBN: 9780847808304
"This comprehensive publication offers an informative text and an abundance of color images which trace the history of American jewelry from its modest beginnings to the present, revealing all its historical and stylistic nuances. While the history of American jewelry is not long in years, it is splendidly rich in substance, beginning with the establishment of firms such as Shreve, Crump & Low in the late 1700s, Black, Starr & Frost in 1810 and Tiffany & Co. in 1837. Among the many jewelry firms founded later in the century were Marcus & Co., Dreicer & Co., Spaulding & Co. in Chicago, and Greenleaf & Crosby in Florida. Each provided the wealthy New World elite with fashionable brooches and necklaces, elegant strands of pearls, dazzling platinum jewelry, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds. The authors present all significant developments including the arrival of Cartier in 1909; the post-Wortld War I influence of European jewelry; the contribution by Europeans such as Duvalet and Rubel; the influence of Hollywood; stylistic changes during the 1930s and 40s; jewelry sensations f the 1939 World's Fair in New York; and the importance of Van Cleef & Arpels, Harry Winston, Verdura, Jean Schlumberger, Bulgari, and many others in more recent years." - dust jacket description.
OCLC: 15163243
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