Jeweled Splendours of the Art Deco Era, 9780500519479
Hardcover
Deco jewels, exotic influences, and Parisian elegance defined a glamorous era.

Jeweled Splendours of the Art Deco Era

The Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection

$181.96

  • Hardcover

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    31 March 2017

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Summary

One Christmas Eve, Prince Sanruddin Aga Khan gave to his wife a magnificent jeweled box made by Cartier in the 1930s. So began the making of perhaps the most remarkable jewelry collection of a remarkable era for jewelry - and for French jewelry in particular.

In the 1920s and 1930s, smoky night clubs, cocktails, a new acceptance of make up beyond the boudoir, décor for smart apartments and dinner tables, provided a new landscape for the designs of the great jewelry houses of Europe, w…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780500519479
ISBN-10:0500519471
Author:Pierre Rainero, Catherine Aga Khan, Princess Catherine Aga Khan
Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint:Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:31 March 2017
Weight:1.76kg
Dimensions:304mm x 227mm
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Critics Review

An elegant offering filled with jeweled works beyond compare… This entire book is a feast for the eyes with images of intricate inlay, bright colors, and inventive design. Photographer Doug Rosa does a magnificent job of presenting some gorgeous vanity cases, cigarette cases, and miscellaneous objects from the 1920s and 1930s…art deco period.– “Library Journal” (6/1/2017 12:00:00 AM)Virtually impossible to put down. A ‘feast for the eyes’…for any art collector or connoisseur of the jeweler’s art. The works pictured are breathtaking in their craftsmanship, their ingenuity, and their astonishing use of color. Each image is clear and crisp, as if you could touch the object. This is a book to return to again and again, a book to treasure. It is a deeply satisfying opportunity to examine, close up, a noteworthy collection.– “Gems & Gemology” (1/31/2018 12:00:00 AM)

About The Author

Pierre Rainero

Princess Catherine Aga Khan is the wife of the late Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan.

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