Mid-Century Plastic Jewelry

Mid-Century Plastic Jewelry

Author: Susan Maxine Klein

Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764322341

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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.


Genuine Plastic Radios of the Mid-Century

Genuine Plastic Radios of the Mid-Century

Author: Ken Jupp

Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 9780764301087

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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.


Copper Art Jewelry

Copper Art Jewelry

Author: Matthew L. Burkholz

Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780887404191

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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.


Classic Modern

Classic Modern

Author: Deborah Dietsch

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0684867443

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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.


The Bakelite Collection

The Bakelite Collection

Author: Matthew L. Burkholz

Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764300165

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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.


Warman's Jewelry

Warman's Jewelry

Author: Kathy Flood

Publisher: Krause Publications

Published: 2010-07-09

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9781440208010

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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.


Southwest Silver Jewelry

Southwest Silver Jewelry

Author: Paula A. Baxter

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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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.


Warman's Costume Jewelry Figurals

Warman's Costume Jewelry Figurals

Author: Kathy Flood

Publisher: Krause Publications

Published: 2007-09-26

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780896895621

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Figural jewelry, a fashion forward choice, and popular item featured at top auction houses, represents about 75% of the costume jewelry market.


American Costume Jewelry

American Costume Jewelry

Author: Roberto & Carla Ginelli Brunialti

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764329821

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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.


The Little Book of Mexican Silver Trade and Hallmarks

The Little Book of Mexican Silver Trade and Hallmarks

Author: Bille Hougart

Publisher: Tbr International

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780971120211

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The 2006 new and revised 2nd edition of the bestselling reference guide to identifying Mexican silver: Loaded with images and graphics of over 1500 marks of silver makers, designers, manufacturers and silver houses in Taxco and throughout Mexico. Eagle numbers from 1 through eagle 219. The book includes all the great ones, including William Spratling, Hector Aguilar, Los Castillo, Antonio Pineda, Sigi, Maricela, Salvador, Valentn Vidaurreta, Victoria, Fred Davis, Artemio Navarrete, Emma Melendez, Bernice Goodspeed, Maciel, Matl, Tane, Hubert Harmon, Chato, Margot and many, many others. The book is cross-referenced and indexed for quick and handy searches. The new edition reveals identities of many mystery marks and includes examples of marks not previously published. Special sections describing fake marks are included for prominent designers.