Author: John Loring Celebrated for his Art Nouveau stained-glass interpretations of birds, insects, fruits and flowers, Louis Comfort Tiffany was the foremost American designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His enormous influence on his father's famed company, however, has been largely obscured. continue >>

Authors: Stephen Harrison, Emmanuel Ducamp, Jeannine Falino Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique—these great designers came together only once to display their goods in what was probably the most opulent exhibition ever mounted. At the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, the three strove to position continue >>

Author: Janet Zapata Louis Comfort Tiffany's spectacular and highly individual Art Nouveau lamps, favrile glass vases, and stained-glass windows have long been admired throughout the world. Recently, however, his considerable accomplishments in other areas of the decorative arts have become more widely continue >>

Author: Vivienne Becker Jewelry was one of the purest, and most successful, expressions of the Art Nouveau movement. It captured the atmosphere and the passion of the fin de sicle, as well as the moral and artistic freedom that characterized the period. Fresh designs and motifs were created with an intense continue >>

Authors: Yvonne J. Markowitz, Elyse Karlin "A new, imperishable beauty," was how the artist and architect Henry van de Velde described it. European Art Nouveau jewelry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries embraced a new aesthetic characterized by sensuous forms, dramatic imagery continue >>

Author: Dany Sautot Here is a look at Lalique’s creative process through a selection of unusual works–inluding glassware, paintings, jewelery, and fashion designs–that highlight both the technical and aesthetic aspects of his actual craft. Not just another showcase of Lalique art nouveau continue >>

Author: Maria Fernanda Passos Leite The world’s largest collection of jewelery, art objects, artistic glass, and drawings by René Lalique. Calouste Gulbenkian (1869–1955), the famous Portuguese collector, was a friend of René Lalique’s for fifty years, as well as a great continue >>

Author: Evelyne Posseme This comprehensive survey features Art Deco jewelry made by the world’s leading designers and makers between 1910 and 1937. Not only does it include famous names from the Art Deco period; it also restores other notable jewelers to their proper place in one of the most creative continue >>

Author: Francois Chaille Cartier epitomizes creativity and individuality in jewelry design. The 175 objects featured in this book exemplify Cartier’s inimitable talent and represent milestones in twentieth-century design. These archetypes of excellence are important benchmarks in the history of continue >>

Macklowe Gallery's publication on "French Art Nouveau Horn Jewelry", which features 46 French Art Nouveau carved horn items on view at Mackowe Gallery's "Nature Transformed" exhibition. Which ran from May 2012 thru June 2012. This publication was assembled to aid the collector, continue >>

The recently published “Portrait Jewels: Opulence and Intimacy from the Medici to the Romanovs” by Diana Scarisbrick is now available from Thames & Hudson press. Scarisbrick’s book celebrates objects created to please the eye and to be worn, devised either to express sentimental continue >>