Carole Tanenbaum Costumes Jewelry

You may have seen them in some wonderful old movie, sparkling on Audrey Hepburn or Claudette Colbert, looking as if they cost millions of dollars. They didn’t; they are not the real thing. But even though they are faux, they’re made with the same care and attention as the real things: strands of artificial pearls individually knotted, “gems” hand set and pronged, plastic bangles more stunning than ivory. Fabulous Fakes gives you one hundred years of the most amazing pieces of costume je... [Read More]

A luxurious book offering a first concise history of one of North America's foremost designers of high-end costume jewelry, a genre popularized by Coco Chanel and today among the most collected jewelry. Filled with unpublished photographs and personal recollections from Schreiner family archives, this monograph is an invaluable resource for jewelry collectors and fashion enthusiasts, opening an unexplored window on the fashion world of 1930-1970s New York City and one of its most famous jewelry