
Set in Style
The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 31. May 2011
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-500-51571-6 (ISBN)
Description
Since its opening on the Place Vendome in 1906, the jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels has played a leading role in setting style and design trends in luxury jewelry. Set in Style explores the historical significance of the firm's contributions to jewelry design in the 20th century. The book features more than 250 of Van Cleef & Arpels' most celebrated works from museum and private collections worldwide, including jewels, timepieces, fashion accessories and objets d'art and is published to accompany a major exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution, New York City, opening in February 2011. Six accessible essays accompanied by nearly 300 photographs, including previously unpublished design drawings from the Van Cleef & Arpels archives, examine the precious pieces through the lenses of innovation, transformation, nature, exoticism, fashion and celebrity. Among the objects illustrated are a tiara worn by Grace Kelly; Elizabeth Taylor's amethyst, coral and diamond bracelet and pendant earrings; a bracelet and necklace owned by Eva Peron; and the `Jarretiere' bracelet owned by Marlene Dietrich, worn in the film Stage Fright.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 305 mm
Width: 231 mm
Weight
1940 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-51571-6 (9780500515716)
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