Les Bijoux Des Annees 50 (1950s Jewelry)
Paris: Les Éditions de L'Amateur, 1987. First French edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto. 159 [1]pp. Original white cloth with gilt lettering on spine, in original photo-illustrated dustjacket in color with black lettering on spine.
"The initial findings of this investigation [rediscovery of decorative arts] coincided with the publication of monographs that broadly analyze the evolution of taste in the 1950s. These studies focus on architecture, interior design, painting, sculpture, graphic arts, and fashion, but not at all on jewelry production. Therefore, that analysis of these jewels, based on their relationship to the complex decade, rich in irreconcilable contradictions, that gave rise to them, is particularly timely."
Beautifully illustrated with color and b/w photographs of extraordinary jewelry and design drawings throughout. Contains several reproductions of artwork and furniture as well as reproductions of fashion magazine covers at front. Biographical data on jewelry designers and a bibliography at rear. Text in French. Some light sunning of covers along edges. Small dealer sticker on inside front cover. Very good- condition. Item #55977
Price: $175.00