Art Deco Bakelite Jewelry & Boxes: Cubism by Peter & Deborah Keresztury, Nancy N. Schiffer and the Return of Convoy

and the Return of Convoy

and plastic friction-drive cars made in Hong Kong

struggled to control accurate timekeeping for over 300 years

Sudbury Tackle Co

there are examples of the barber bottles and cabinetry that made the historical barbershop one the centers of late nineteenth and early twentieth century America

Art Deco Bakelite Jewelry & Boxes: Cubism by Peter & Deborah Keresztury, Nancy N. Schiffer and the Return of ConvoyTable of Contents 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,