Art Deco Bakelite Jewelry & Boxes: Cubism for Everyone

by Peter Keresztury, Nancy N. Schiffer, Deborah Keresztury

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764313479
• ISBN13: 9780764313479
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 11.1" x 8.6"