JULIANA JEWELRY REFERENCE DELIZZA & ELSTER

Copyright Lightner  Publishing Corporation Mar 2010
 

JULIANA JEWELRY REFERENCE DELIZZA &  ELSTER Ann Mitchell Pitman. Hardcover, 320 pages, Collector Books,  $29.95.

The latest offering from Paloma Picasso Loving Heart bracelet author Ann Mitchell Pitman features the dazzling jewelry designs of DeLizza & Elster, a company known to jewelry lovers the world over as Juliana. This all-new reference book, targeted to collectors both novice and experienced, showcases a vast variety of vintage jewelry from a prolific manufacturer, one whose designs debuted in 1947 with simple, crystal rhinestone pieces and progressed to bolder, high-glitz bijoux in the 1990s. Special facets of the book include Tiffany Charm bracelet and in-depth information about findings, chains, rhinestones, art glass, and beads employed; a crucial timeline chronicling when specific jewelry was designed; and key terms used by the manufacturer. Full-color photographs capture many complete sets, including alternate color versions of single designs, and in some cases, varying motifs in pins, brooches, and earrings designed for each set. Signature attributes and construction methods show collectors how to determine for themselves if a piece of unsigned jewelry is actually the product of this high-profile jewelry house

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