Art Nouveau and Art Deco Jewelry by Lillian Baker (1983, Paperback)

I'm a student of jewelry design and I'm particularly fascinated with Art Nouveau and Art Deco Jewelry. But when I look at a piece, I tend to get confused which is Art Nouveau and which is Art Deco. I wanted to learn more about their distinctive features. This book is just what I was looking for.

The text(font) size are a little bit too small for me but I like the simple presentation in three sections -- Section I gave a brief definition and presented systematically the forces/propellants of Art Nouveau/Art Deco Jewelry, Section II contains 50 colorful plates showing numerous pictures and descriptions; and Section III other important information that a student of jewelry design or a dealer/collector would be interested to know. The author definitely achieved her purpose which is to "intertexture the warf and woof of the fabric that represents the delicate mesh of Art Nouveau and Art Deco character, with all emphasis on JEWELRY."

After reading this book, I can now better distinguish between Art Nouveau and Art Deco Jewelry.