CHALLENGING THE CHATELAINE.

Author: Aav, Marianne, Helen Williams Drutt, eds
Country: Finland
Language: English
Year Published: 2006
No. of pages: 199
Illustrations: 164 Color Illustrations. 62 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8”x 7”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9529878516
Biblio/Bio: Cat. of exh. Index. Bios.
Code: 5948

Price: $49.50

An extensive international overview of the present diversity of a unique genre of jewelry design - the chatelaine. The exhibition includes works by over seventy artists from Europe, North and South America, Australia and Japan. The invited artists were free to decide on the type of chatelaine they wished to take and to whom it was to be dedicated. The role models could be famous authors, artists, politicians or philosophers just as well the artist’s friends or relatives not previously known to the public. To accompany the work, the artists have prepared brief texts explaining their choices. All the chatelaines were made specifically for this exhibition from 2002 to 2006. Interesting well crafted avant-garde jewelry, not always very decorative often quite industrial looking.