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Book SynopsisSchreiner jewellery is highly collectable and considered among the most coveted vintage jewellery and has never before been showcased, never mind in this luxurious format that covers virtually every style and design.
Trade ReviewPerfect for your personal collection or a holiday gift for a fellow jewelry lover, this tome offers a detailed look at a jeweler who collaborated with designers like Norman Norell and Pauline Trigère, was sold in the country's best department stores (look for a Bonwit Teller advertisement with the tagline “Bonwit's Bouillabaisse…see-our-sea jewelry” featuring Schreiner lobster, seahorse, and starfish pins), and was featured on the covers of Vogue and Glamour. * JCK Online *
In “Schreiner: Masters of Twentieth-Century Costume Jewelry,” authors Carole Tanenbaum and Eve Townsend explore the inner workings of the beloved company from its humble beginnings in the '30s until the very end in 1975. * Belle Armoire Jewelry Magazine *
...there's a lot of news in this book that says it all. * The Globe and Mail *
Authors Carole Tanenbaum and Eve Townsend have mingled images of Tanenbaum's cache of utterly dazzling costume jewelry – all created by the now-defunct Schreiner Jewelry Company – with interesting vignettes that give perspective to the evolutionary epochs of feminist style.... -- Toby Saltzman * Canadian Jewish News *
