This illustrated survey gathers examples of modern design in jewellery and fans, drawn from the decorative arts of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It documents the craftsmanship of an era when the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts movements were reshaping personal ornament, with particular attention to materials, motifs, and the work of leading designers.
The volume sits at the intersection of fashion, fine art, and craft, treating the fan and the jewel as serious objects of aesthetic ambition. For collectors and historians of the decorative arts it offers a record of taste at a turning point in design. Visually rich in its original form, this study is offered here as a free EPUB download.