death_date death_place birth_name birth_place nationality field residence works image article_title education name
17 july 1999 ft. worth , texas paul flato shiner , texas american jewellery manhattan , mexico city art deco , important and whimsical fine jewelry paul flato signature.png paul flato
 university of texas at austin paul flato
paul flato

paul flato -lrb- 1900 -- july 17 , 1999 -rrb- , was a popular american jeweler , based in new york city from the 1920s to the early 1940s .
considered the first celebrity jeweler , he was well known for important jewelry , and as an early proponent of whimsical pieces .
his long list of movie star clients included greta garbo , mae west , rita hayworth , joan crawford , doris duke , ginger rogers , carmen miranda , marlene dietrich , katharine hepburn , and gloria vanderbilt -- many of whom wore his pieces on screen .
