Marjan Unger - Het Nederlandse sieraad in de 20ste eeuw
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Marjan Unger - Het Nederlandse sieraad in de 20ste eeuw - Utrecht / Bussum - Uitgeverij Thoth / Centraal Museum - 2004 - 1st edition - 584pp - Cloth binding with dust jacket - 22 x 27 cm. - Bookdesign: Ronald Boiten & Irene Mesu
Condition: Excellent.
Standard work with history of the goldsmith's shop and jewelery in the Netherlands in the period 1900-2000. Illustrated with nearly 400 photos and reproductions of jewelry, jewelery, pendants, brooches, earrings, rings, etc.). With checklist of important goldsmiths (with brief biographies), summary in English, glossary, bibliography and index. Hardcover edition.
¶ This valuable reference work focuses on 'Nieuwe Kunst' (the Dutch Art Nouveau) from the fin-de-siècle, the Art Deco in the 1920s, the hammered silverwork of the Amsterdam School, base jewelry, the Second World War, the wire constructions from the fifties, the Dutch avant-garde designers from the 1960s and 1970s and men's jewelery from the 1990s.
Some names: Chris Steenbergen, Emmy van Leersum, Loekie Metz, Jacques Bongaerts, Cornelis Begeer, Hendrik Methorst and Louis Bogtman.
