American Jewelry Manufacturers

Author : Dorothy T. Rainwater
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0887401201

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American Jewelry Manufacturers by Dorothy T. Rainwater Pdf

The identification and dating of American jewelry heretofore has been difficult because few pieces bear standard markings and the references have been diverse, hard to find, and incomplete. Using old trade journals and their related directories as her primary sources, the eminent silver historian Dorothy Rainwater has exhaustively compiled here for the first time a comprehensive reference of jewelry trademarks and manufacturers in alphabetical order. She has also written a history of jewelry making in the United States which explains the framework upon which this enormous industry was built. The large scale manufacturers which began in the 1840s form a major portion of this directory. it is surprising to learn that only in 1961, after years of effort by the Jeweler's Vigilance Committee and the backing of trade journals, did American law require makers' marks on new jewelry. Therefore, this reference should become an important sourcebook for every jeweler, collector, antique jewelry dealer and manufacturing historian for the foreseeable future.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Jewelry
ISBN : NYPL:33433078271347

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American Jewelry Manufacturer by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cheryl M. Cassidy
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1615464735

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History of American Jewelry Designers and Manufacturers by Cheryl M. Cassidy Pdf

During colonial times, early Dutch settlers, many of whom were experienced in pewter and silver, immigrated to New England. The actual birth of the U.S. costume jewelry industry is said to have occurred in 1794, when Nehemiah Dodge, a goldsmith and watch repairer in Providence, Rhode Island, developed a method for plating base metal with gold. He patented processes to make quality gold jewelry of less than 18K which was the standard at that time. It is he who is given credit for the commencement of costume jewelry production. By 1810, one hundred workers were employed by jewelry manufacturers in Rhode Island. Small businesses were developing throughout southern New England. As the turn of the century approached, skilled jewelry craftsmen were being replaced by machinery. Production and labor became more specialized. Instead of just "jewelers," there were toolmakers, die cutters, and machine operators. Production was broken down into electroplating, enameling, engraving, chasing, die sinking and lapidary work. Mass production of jewelry had begun in Rhode Island. To this day, American jewelry manufacturing has remained an industry comprised of small businesses, most of them in the northeastern portion of the United States with the costume jewelry manufacturing mostly concentrated in Rhode Island. There has, however, been some shift to California, Texas, Florida and South Dakota. In recent years the jewelry industry has been affected by substantial consolidation with the development of national chains. This is due in part to the development of enclosed shopping malls, competition from department stores, catalog showrooms and television shopping networks. In addition, suffering from high rent costs in shopping malls, jewelry retailers are reducing their overhead by skipping the middlemen and purchasing their inventory directly.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Jewelry
ISBN : NYPL:33433078271370

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American Jewelry Manufacturer by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on International Trade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : PURD:32754076292261

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Review of the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on International Trade Pdf

Author : Valerie Oliver
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996-09-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313033261

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Fashion and Costume in American Popular Culture by Valerie Oliver Pdf

Providing a convenient and unique look at fashion and costume literature and how it has developed historically, this volume discusses monographic and reference literature and provides information on periodicals, research centers, and costume museums and collections. It also provides a new way of looking at the literature through a database of 58 Library of Congress subject headings. It covers topics from jeans to wedding dresses and features popular examples of how clothing is used and reflected in our culture through the literature discussed. Of interest to scholars, students, and anyone curious about the unique power clothing holds in our lives. Various types of reference sources are discussed including other guides to the literature, encyclopedia, dictionaries, biographical dictionaries, specialized bibliographies, and indexing and abstracting services. Electronic CD-ROM and online databases equivalents are included in the presentation of indexing and abstracting services with major networks such as OCLC, RLIN, Lexis/Nexis, and Dialog mentioned as well. In addition a list of 123 research centers, mainly libraries, is provided and arranged geographically by state, some 176 costume museums and collections of costumes located at colleges and universities are listed alphabetically, and a list of 278 periodicals on fashion, costume, clothing and related topics is provided. A database of some 58 clothing and accessory subject headings is analyzed in the Worldcat database with the literature of the top ten specific clothing and accessory subject terms limited to media publication format are covered. Additionally, histories of costume and fashion in the U.S. and works which concentrate on psychological, sociological or cultural aspects are outlined. An appendix, including the clothing and accessory database, and author and subject indexes conclude the volume.

Author : Ettagale Blauer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781475748543

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Contemporary American Jewelry Design by Ettagale Blauer Pdf

The Phenomenon of Studio Goldsmithing When the history of art in the 1980s is written, much of it will be etched in gold. This is the time of the contemporary goldsmith, an artist who chooses to work in precious metals rather than oils or marble. The contemporary jeweler-as-artist has only recently become a re cognized force. With rare exceptions, the whole field is little more than thirty years old. But it is only within the past fifteen years that these jewelers have entered the jewelry mainstream. The phenomenon of contemporary goldsmithing embraces an eclectic group of artists, each with a unique vision, each taking a per sonal path to jewelry producing. They have as little relationship to the typical, mass-produced jewelry as a champagne maker has to a bottler of orange soda. They approach a piece of art, not a piece of metal. The work is personal and a perfect expression of the "back to the land" movement that spawned it. Many of these goldsmiths were looking not merely for a way to make a living but for a way to make a life that was worthy of living. Running a business while trying to remain a creative metalsmith at the same time is the ongoing challenge. The jeweler-artists have solved or resolved these often conflicting needs in slightly different ways and in a beautiful variety of techniques and styles. Their meth ods, their growth, and their work are discussed here.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Consular reports
ISBN : MINN:30000010317307

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Commerce Reports by Anonim Pdf

Author : Calvert Jay Judkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Professional associations
ISBN : WISC:89046870713

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National Associations of the United States by Calvert Jay Judkins Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : New products
ISBN : UOM:39015023959706

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Commercial News USA by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business
ISBN : MINN:31951P00359579W

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Business America by Anonim Pdf

Includes articles on international business opportunities.

Author : Celia Stall-Meadows
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-24
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781501300066

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Know Your Fashion Accessories by Celia Stall-Meadows Pdf

This comprehensive study of womens and mens fashion accessories provides fashion merchandising students with a detailed analysis of the fashion accessory categories. Broken into three units, the text not only covers the major categories but provides an overview of the accessories business and discusses the materials used in the production of a variety of accessories.

Author : United States. Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Jewelry trade
ISBN : MINN:30000010828147

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Foreign Competition in the Jewelry and Silverware Industry in the United States by United States. Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions Pdf

Author : United States. Department of Commerce,Ruben Alvin Lundquist,Samuel W. Rosenthal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Electric apparatus and appliances
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU57056170

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Jewelry and Silverware in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil by United States. Department of Commerce,Ruben Alvin Lundquist,Samuel W. Rosenthal Pdf

Author : Roberto & Carla Ginelli Brunialti,Carla Ginelli Brunialti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0764329820

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American Costume Jewelry by Roberto & Carla Ginelli Brunialti,Carla Ginelli Brunialti Pdf

This encyclopedic study is the fruit of twenty years of collecting, research, and study of the most significant American costume jewelry from 1930-1950. It offers readers a meticulous, reliable instrument to knowing these gems, which are often true and proper little works of art. In the two volumes, over 966 photographs show hundreds of jewelry items in full color, with an additional 729 illustrations of patents, advertisements, and historic photos. Thirty-seven companies are included, with addtional chapters on jelly belly jewelry and patriotic jewelry in the second volume. In-depth research of the companies makes this the best source on the American costume jewelry industry. The first volume, A-M, covers the companies from Accessocraft to Mosell, and includes Boucher, Coro, Eisenberg, Miriam Haskell, Hobe and others. The second volume N-Z, continues with Norma Jewelry Corp., through Rebajes, Réja, Trifari, to Uncas Manufacturing, with chapters on jelly belly jewelry and American patriotic jewelry.