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The first book to look at the Jewelry industry in Newark, NJ. At the end of the
19th century, Newark was the leading manufacturing center for solid gold jewelry in the US. Dietz, et. al. study the social and market forces which shaped the industry. Of note is the large amount of company
biographical information compiled By Janet Zapata.This book is back in stock!
From the dust jacket:
Beetween 1850 and 1950 the jewelry-wearing habits of Americans changed
drastically, turning ownership of jewelry from a privilege of the few into a near-necessity for the average American. American jewelry makers produced beautiful, finely-crafted, and eminently wearable gold jewelry for
this enormous new market beginning in the years after the Civil War. The growth of America's jewelry manufacturing industry was shaped by the combined forces of industrialization, transportation, availability of raw
materials, and growing prosperity. The City of Newark, New Jersey, came to dominate solid gold jewelry-making in the United States, selling millions of pieces each year to jewelry stores in every corner of the nation,
from Fifth Avenue to Fargo.The Glitter & The Gold: Fashioning America's Jewelry
explores the phenomenon of American-made jewelry between 1850 and 1950 through the myriad forms and styles that came out of the scores of workshops, large and small, that made up Newark's massive jewelry industry. This lavishly-illustrated volume includes four lively essays that discuss the forms, styles, and design influences of the jewelry from Newark's manufacturers; the changing social history of jewelry wearing and marketing from the 1880s to the 1940s; the early development of jewelry-making in Newark; and the rich history of the highly skilled, mostly German workers who filled Newark's many factories. An extensive biographical section provides detailed information on seventy-three of the most significant jewelry makers. Virtually all of the objects and information in
The Glitter & The Gold: Fashioning America's Jewelry
have never been published, and the book brings to light for the first time documentary materials that will forever change the way we see American-made jewelry.
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