Schmuckzeichen Schweiz
Subtitle: 20. Jahrhundert = 20th century Swiss art jewelry
By: Antoinette Riklin-Schelbert.
Publisher: VGS Verlagsgemeinschaft St. Gallen
Published: 1999
Place of publication: St. Gall
Language: ger
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Jewelry -- Switzerland -- History -- 20th century.
Other titles: 20th century Swiss art jewelry; Swiss art jewelry
Description: Presents the development of Swiss jewelry craft which experienced spectacular changes of form and content during the last hundred years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 182) and index.

In German and English.
Table of contents: value: Jewelry-a mirror of time; value: 1900: Zero hour for modern jewelry art; value: From an elitist style to mass-production: Art Nouveau; value: Luxury objects in French-speaking Switzerland; value: Fascination of the machine; value: The Werkbund: By hand or machine?; value: From applied art schools to design academies; value: Art Deco; value: Women goldsmith pioneers; value: Max Bill's design doctrines; value: Championing formal clarity; value: Deluxe elegance in prosperous times; value: Jewelry: a creative field for fine artists; value: Crafts revival-the new one-off jewelry; value: The jewelry revolution; value: Jewelry moves into museums and galleries; value: Conceptual jewelry; value: Extension, performance, immaterial jewelry; value: After the revolution; value: Young, talented, serious and ironic...; value: Is new technology replacing craftsmanship?