Oscar Heyman: The Jewelers' Jeweler

Description

Since its founding in 1912, Oscar Heyman & Brothers has created fabulous jewels for some of the world's elite houses, causing it to be known in the trade as 'the jewelers' jeweler.' This lavishly illustrated history follows the firm's growth, from its origin as a Russian immigrant family enterprise in New York City to its establishment as an important ally of major retailers throughout the global jewelry trade, including Tiffany & Co., Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels. Enhanced with dazzling photographs of new and vintage pieces, as well as design drawings from the firm's archives that are works of art in their own right, this book reveals Oscar Heyman's important role in the story of high-style American jewelry.

Yvonne J. Markowitz is the Rita J. Kaplan and Susan B. Kaplan Curator Emerita of Jewelry, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Elizabeth Hamilton is an independent writer and researcher and a graduate of Parsons the New School for Design/Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.

The book telling the company's story is complete with photos of vintage and contemporary pieces as well as design drawings from the Oscar Heyman archives.--Brecken Branstrator "National Jeweler" The book, titled Oscar Heyman: The Jewelers' Jeweler, is the first illustrated history of the firm, an epic journey through its extensive clientele, a list that includes the likes of Cartier, Tiffany & Co., Harry Winston, Van Cleef & Arpels, Shreve, Crump & Low and Black, Starr & Frost. Enhanced with new photography of vintage and contemporary pieces, as well as design drawings from the firm's archives that are works of art in their own right, the book reveals Oscar Heyman's important role in the story of high-style American jewelry.-- "VO Plus" This book will bring the American high jeweler out from the background of the industry and to the jewelry loving general public.--Anthony DeMarco "Financial Times"