Research Catalog

Title

Jewelry by Suzanne Belperron : "My style is my signature" / Patricia Corbett, Ward Landrigan, Nico Landrigan ; foreword by Karl Lagerfeld.

Author

Corbett, Patricia, 1951-

Publication

London : Thames & Hudson, 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Landrigan, Nico
• Landrigan, Ward
• Belperron, Suzanne, 1900-1983
• Lagerfeld, Karl

Description

239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 29 cm

Summary

In 1919 Suzanne Belperron began her lifelong journey designing jewelry so unique she rarely signed her name to it; her colourful compositions of gems and pure, sensual, organic forms became her unmistakable trademark, recognizable at a glance. Illustrated here is a splendid array of Belperrons work, from the earliest sketches made while she was a student and designs made for Rene Boivin in the 1920s and 1930s to the original designs she created for Hollywood clientele such as Clark Gable, Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra and Lauren Bacall as well as fashion icons and the cream of British aristocracy. Numerous hand-coloured drawings and original designs, selected from the largest archive of her work (nearly all unpublished), are matched with an impressive range of finished pieces. Part 1 follows Belperrons rise to fame in six chapters based on private records from the Belperron family and those of the expert craftsmen with whom she collaborated. Part II presents a portfolio of some of the rarest, most delicate and most refined examples of her work, combined with the best of over 4,000 sketches from the Belperron Archive. This is the complete and indispensable guide to the jewelry marque that defined modern French chic.

Alternative Title

My style is my signature

Subjects

• Jewelry > France > Design > History > 20th century
• Belperron, Suzanne, 1900-1983
• Jewelers > France > Biography

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Karl Lagerfeld -- Preface / Ward Landrigan, Nico Landrigan, Jean Herz, David Herz -- Coming of age -- Maison Boivin and Art Deco -- Maison B. Herz -- The war years -- A new partnership -- Epilogue / Jean-Pierre Brun - Notes -- Select bibliography

Call Number

JQF 16-575

ISBN

• 9780500517901
• 0500517908

OCLC

917376072

Author

Corbett, Patricia, 1951- author.

Title

Jewelry by Suzanne Belperron : "My style is my signature" / Patricia Corbett, Ward Landrigan, Nico Landrigan ; foreword by Karl Lagerfeld.

Publisher

London : Thames & Hudson, 2015.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Landrigan, Nico, author.

Landrigan, Ward, author.

Belperron, Suzanne, 1900-1983, artist.

Lagerfeld, Karl, writer of foreword.

Research Call Number

JQF 16-575