COLLECTORS MUST HAVE
2017 Schreiner Masters of Twentieth-Century Costume Jewelry
by Carole Tanenbaum and Eve Townsend
Hardcover Book
This is a NEW, Unopened, Unused hardcover book complete with dust jacket and clear wrap.
There are 228 numbered pages, full cover photographs.
Photos of the interior pages have been taken from a different copy, thus some glare on images due to glossy paper finish.
Detailed information of Schreiner family history, jewelry construction techniques, styles, stones used and more will help you appreciate all Schreiner jewelry and identify the many pieces that were not signed.
Published by G Arts in 2017. ISBN 978-0-9987474-0-8
Condition: Brand New
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Description:
Perfect for your personal collection or a holiday gift for a fellow jewelry lover, this tome offers a detailed look at a jeweler who collaborated with designers like Norman Norell and Pauline Trigère, was sold in the country's best department stores.
Schreiner is a luxurious book offering a first concise history of one of North America's foremost designers of high-end costume jewelry, a genre of jewelry popularized by Coco Chanel and today one of the most collectible.
Created in New York City by founder Henry Schreiner in 1932, the eponymous company flourished during the early 1940s. During the 1950s under the leadership of Henry's daughter, the company's unusual color combinations, hand-made settings, and use of custom-made stones set them apart from their contemporaries, leaving behind a legacy for jewelry experts and admirers to study, covet, and collect to this day.
For thousands of collectors of Schreiner worldwide, Schreiner provides valuable insight into their collections from the family itself. With hundreds of breathtaking photographs, the breadth of the Schreiner oeuvre is explicated, from the somber years of the Great Depression through the rise of the American ready-to-wear industry. Through the optimistic yet conforming 1950s, the youthful antiestablishment of the 1960s, and the feminist movement of the 1970s, the designs and materials of these pieces reflect the moods and mores of the decades in which they were made. And for the very serious Schreiner collector, the book explores common characteristics employed in the construction of Schreiner designs aiding collectors in the task of identifying unsigned Schreiner jewelry. This volume examines not only the cultural context and significance of Schreiner jewelry but also offers object-based analyses and archival documentation of various Schreiner pieces.
About the Authors:
Carole Tanenbaum is an enthusiastic collector who―over the course of thirty years―turned her passion for vintage costume jewelry into a worldwide business. Her first book Fabulous Fakes enlightened collectors and fashionistas alike. Carole lives in Toronto with her husband and family.
Eve Townsend holds an MA in Fashion from Ryerson University, where her research focused on the history of costume jewelry and its relation to the democratization of fashion. She continues to research, write, and lecture about jewelry and fashions from the Victorian era to today. She resides in Toronto.