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Art Deco Bakelite Jewelry & Boxes: Cubism for Everyone
Deborah & Peter Keresztury
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Description for Art Deco Bakelite Jewelry & Boxes: Cubism for Everyone
Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 170 color photos. BIC Classification: WCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 283 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1296.
The Art Deco style of the early 1930s can be seen as domesticated Cubism. As with cubist paintings, the elements of design were reduced to their minimal essence and applied to everyday items for public consumption. Here Bakelite plastic jewelry and boxes are studied as reflections of this style. The book is a visual garden of Deco design, with hundreds of items photographed in color and described with their useful purposes, materials, and current values. Bakelite is collected because it is different and fun. This book is important because it demonstrates how the new Art Deco style provided the Depression-ridden ... Read more
The Art Deco style of the early 1930s can be seen as domesticated Cubism. As with cubist paintings, the elements of design were reduced to their minimal essence and applied to everyday items for public consumption. Here Bakelite plastic jewelry and boxes are studied as reflections of this style. The book is a visual garden of Deco design, with hundreds of items photographed in color and described with their useful purposes, materials, and current values. Bakelite is collected because it is different and fun. This book is important because it demonstrates how the new Art Deco style provided the Depression-ridden ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764313479
SKU
V9780764313479
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About Deborah & Peter Keresztury
Deborah and Peter Keresztury have collected Bakelite items for many years, specializing in unusual designs in jewelry and boxes. They deal in Art Deco era decorative arts at major shows nationwide. Nancy Schiffer has written many books on decorative arts, including Plastic Jewelry**.
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