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._x000D_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!_x000D__x000D_ AUTHOR: Lyn Tortoriello is a professional designer specializing in home and commercial interiors. Deborah Lyons is a Classics professor who usually writes on ancient Greek literature and culture. They both are passionate collectors of vintage jewelry, and together wrote the beautiful book Plastic Bangles that resulted from their research of plastics.
- ISBN:
- 9780764329142
- 9780764329142
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Category:
- Antiques & collectables: jewellery
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
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17-04-2008
- Publisher:
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 192
- Dimensions (mm):
- 279x216x0mm
- Weight:
- 1.41kg
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