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Costume jewelry for haute couture
- Title
- Costume jewelry for haute couture / Florence Muller ; edited by Patrick Sigal.
- Author
- Müller, Florence, 1957-
- Publication
- New York : Vendome Press, 2007.
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- Description
- 271 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm
- Summary
- "From Coco Chanel in the 1920s to Yves Saint Laurent in the 1970S to Lanvin today, haute couture costume jewelry has been an eye-catching accessory to enhance a designer's vision. The dazzling, one-of-a-kind jewelry was designed by skilled artisans to complement and adorn individual couture pieces for fashion shows and photo shoots. This sumptuous book surveys the exquisite range of costume jewelry produced by legendary European fashion houses over the past seventy-five years."--BOOK JACKET.
- Uniform Title
- Paruriers, bijoux de la haute couture. English
- Alternative Title
- Paruriers, bijoux de la haute couture.
- Subject
- Costume jewelry > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Note
- Catalog of an exhibition at the Grand-Hornu Images, Oct. 15-Feb. 18, 2007.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-263) and index.
- Contents
- A Precious Alloy: Haute Couture and Haute Parure -- The Prehistory of Costume Jewelry: Imitation -- Haute Couture Confers a Title of Nobility on Costume Jewelry -- The Artists of the Jewel -- The Couture Houses -- The Paruriers -- The Jewelry Trade and Its Demands.
- ISBN
- 9780865651821 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0865651825 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007008029
- OCLC
- ocm85766081
- 85766081
- SCSB-5373587
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries