Paris, Brockhaus, mai 1903 – avril 1904.
4to [259 x 180 mm] of (2) ll., 436 pp. misnumbered 336 and 8 leaves interspersed between the text pages. Internally very clean. Bound in brown half-roan, spine ribbed, some tears on the headpieces and spine, corners dulled. Contemporary binding.
Rare magazine dedicated to jewellery covering the years 1903 and 1904, i.e. 12 issues of this Parisian monthly magazine.
“Each year of the journal’s existence, collected in a volume, forms a unique work of its kind for the history of jewellery and goldsmithery in our time; it is a considerable source, from which documents and lessons will come to all those who will study this manifestation of a renewal in the art of jewellery, which has been growing continuously since the beginning of the twentieth century! […]
We suppose that it must have been understood that if we have reproduced in preference the admirable works of the school leaders, it was precisely to put before the eyes of the great manufacturers, as well as of the most modest and humble, specimens chosen from among the best productions of our time, characteristic, typical objects, which, often, have decided on the fashion and provoked a new orientation.” (Preface to the Magazine)
“Our manufacturers in Paris and the provinces are presenting us with new and interesting jewellery specimens; their skillful workmanship has not changed, but they have added a certain something that makes them more artistic, more pleasing to the eye, more in harmony with the secret or avowed desires of their feminine clientele, and which constitutes fashion…”
The magazine is adorned with hundreds of illustrations, many of which are contemporary creations, always highly sought-after.
A precious copy of this highly sought-after journal, of the highest interest for the history of jewellery.
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