Diving for Starfish
The Jeweler, the Actress, the Heiress, and One of the World's Most Alluring Pieces of Jewelry
Seiten
2018
St Martin's Press (Verlag)
978-1-250-05620-7 (ISBN)
St Martin's Press (Verlag)
978-1-250-05620-7 (ISBN)
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The hunt for one of the most famous pieces of jewellery ever made: the gold, ruby, and amethyst encrusted starfish brooch created by Juliette Moutard in Paris for the House of Boivin in the 1930s..
In the early 1930s, in the workroom of the famous Parisian jeweller Boivin, a young jewellry designer named Juliette Moutard created one of the most coveted pieces of jewellry in the world - the famous starfish pin - still sought after today by aficionados of fine jewellry. The starfish, created out of gold and encrusted with 71 cabochon rubies and 241 small amethysts, was distinctive because its five rays were articulated, meaning that they could curl and conform to the bustline or shoulder of the women who wore it. The House of Boivin made three of them. Two of the women who bought and wore the starfish were Claudette Colbert and Millicent Rogers. Obsessed with the pin after she saw it in the private showroom of a Manhattan jewellry merchant, Cherie Burns set off on a journey to find out all she could about these fascinating pins and the women who owned them. Her search took her to Paris, London, New York and Hollywood. Both a history of fine jewellry coming out of Paris in the Golden Age and a tour through the secretive world of high-end, privately-sold jewellry, Diving for Starfish is a stylish detective story with a glittering piece of jewellry at its heart.
In the early 1930s, in the workroom of the famous Parisian jeweller Boivin, a young jewellry designer named Juliette Moutard created one of the most coveted pieces of jewellry in the world - the famous starfish pin - still sought after today by aficionados of fine jewellry. The starfish, created out of gold and encrusted with 71 cabochon rubies and 241 small amethysts, was distinctive because its five rays were articulated, meaning that they could curl and conform to the bustline or shoulder of the women who wore it. The House of Boivin made three of them. Two of the women who bought and wore the starfish were Claudette Colbert and Millicent Rogers. Obsessed with the pin after she saw it in the private showroom of a Manhattan jewellry merchant, Cherie Burns set off on a journey to find out all she could about these fascinating pins and the women who owned them. Her search took her to Paris, London, New York and Hollywood. Both a history of fine jewellry coming out of Paris in the Golden Age and a tour through the secretive world of high-end, privately-sold jewellry, Diving for Starfish is a stylish detective story with a glittering piece of jewellry at its heart.
Cherie Burns is the author of Searching for Beauty, The Great Hurricane: 1938, and Stepmotherhood. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Magazine, People, and Glamour, among others. She lives in Taos, New Mexico.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.03.2018 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-250-05620-9 / 1250056209 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-250-05620-7 / 9781250056207 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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